title: Foot infection by Clostridium sordellii: case report and review of 15 cases in France.
abstract: We report a case of foot infection by Clostridium sordellii and review 15 human infections registered at a Reference Center in France during the period 1998 to 2011. All strains were found nontoxigenic, lacking the lethal toxin gene coding for TcsL. Like Clostridium septicum, several C. sordellii infections were associated with intestinal neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, Paris, France philippe.bouvet@pasteur.fr.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bouvet
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sautereau
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier de Cahors, Laboratoire de Biologie, Cahors, France.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Coustumier
authors.affiliation: CHU de Nancy, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mory
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Plate-forme génomique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouchier
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Michel-R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Popoff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D047989:Paraclostridium sordellii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents