1.Clostridium tertium Bacteremia in a Non-neutropenic Patient with Small Bowel Obstruction.
Nam Su KU ; Hae Sun CHUNG ; Jae Gil LEE ; Sun Bean KIM ; Sang Hoon HAN ; Jun Yong CHOI ; Kyungwon LEE ; June Myung KIM
Infection and Chemotherapy 2011;43(4):355-358
Clostridium tertium-induced bacteremia is a rare condition seen predominantly in neutropenic patients and/or patients with gastrointestinal disease. In this report, we describe a non-neutropenic, 72-year-old patient with a small bowel obstruction who presented with C. tertium bacteremia. Clostridium tertium is aerotolerant and resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins. The aerotolerant nature of C. tertium is resulted in delayed identification and reporting since it is not initially considered a candidate for infection.
Aged
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Bacteremia
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Cephalosporins
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Clostridium
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Clostridium tertium
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
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Humans
2.Two Cases of Clostridium tertium Infection and Successful Identification of the Organism by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis.
Yumiko JOICHI ; Shizuo KAYAMA ; Ikue HAYASHI ; Makoto ONODERA ; Maki FURUSHIMO ; Yumiko KOBA ; Michiya YOKOZAKI ; Hiroki OHGE ; Motoyuki SUGAI
Annals of Laboratory Medicine 2016;36(3):281-283
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use
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Bacteremia/*diagnosis/drug therapy/microbiology
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Clostridium tertium/drug effects/isolation & purification/*metabolism
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Humans
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Male
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Middle Aged
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*Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization