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Clostridium septicum
Pathology:
- bacteremia/septicemia, gas gangrene [2]
- associated with:
1) colorectal cancer
2) neutropenic colitis
Laboratory:
1) blood cultures
2) Clostridium septicum antigen in tissue
Special laboratory:
- colonoscopy
Radiology:
1) computed tomography of the abdomen
General
Clostridium
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 504, 577
- Kurylo JC, Schmidt AH
Gas Gangrene of a Prosthetic Hip
N Engl J Med 2014; 371:1917. November 13, 2014
PMID: 25390742
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1400498