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16961638

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
The significance of Clostridium spp. in blood cultures was evaluated by two methods. In the first part of the study, a group of 80 patients with Clostridium spp. bacteraemia was compared with a group of 100 patients with Bacillus spp. in blood cultures, making the assumption that Bacillus almost invariably represents contamination (pseudobacteraemia). Significant differences were found between the two groups, suggesting that growth of Clostridium did not represent pseudobacteraemia. Patients with Clostridium bacteraemia were older, had a higher frequency of gastrointestinal disease (especially colorectal tumours), were associated more frequently with polymicrobial bacteraemia, and had a higher mortality rate. In the second part of the study, each of the 80 cases of Clostridium bacteraemia was evaluated individually for clinical relevance by an infectious diseases expert. In two-thirds of the cases, isolates of Clostridium from blood were considered to be of clinical relevance, whereas in one-third of cases, the clinical significance of this finding was doubtful. It was concluded that growth of Clostridium spp. in blood cultures, even in the absence of one of the histotoxic syndromes, is often of clinical significance, and that such findings should be properly evaluated and not ignored.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1198-743X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1006-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The possible significance of Clostridium spp. in blood cultures.
pubmed:affiliation
Infectious Diseases Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article