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14987206

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
Clostridium innocuum is a relatively antimicrobial resistant, frequently misidentified anaerobe that has only rarely been associated with bacteremia. A 38-year-old female with chronic hepatitis C underwent a second kidney transplant operation. Two weeks after surgery a computed tomography scan of the abdomen showed a heterogeneous hematoma with pockets of gas adjacent to the allograft, which extended into the pelvis and left abdominal wall, associated with low-grade fever. An anaerobic blood culture grew a Clostridium initially identified as C. subterminale and later re-identified as C. innocuum. At abdominal exploration liquefied blood was evacuated, and the patient completed a course of antibiotics and recovered. C. innocuum should be considered as a cause of gas-producing anaerobic infection in transplant patients. Because C. innocuum is frequently misidentified by the use of commercial anaerobic identification kits, its true incidence in serious infections is likely underestimated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1398-2273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
199-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Clostridium innocuum bacteremia secondary to infected hematoma with gas formation in a kidney transplant recipient.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, The Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports