Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report
A case of pneumonia with associated empyema caused by Clostridium bifermentans is described. C bifermentans is an anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacillus. This organism is infrequently reported as a cause of infection in humans, and older publications tended to regard it as nonpathogenic. H...
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| description | A case of pneumonia with associated empyema caused by Clostridium bifermentans is described. C bifermentans is an anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacillus. This organism is infrequently reported as a cause of infection in humans, and older publications tended to regard it as nonpathogenic. However, in more recent reports, C bifermentans has been documented as a cause of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, soft tissue infection, abdominal infections, brain abscess, bacteremia and endocarditis. The present case is the third reported case of empyema caused by C bifermentans, and it serves to further define the spectrum of illness due to this uncommon organism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3e69092fd07b4adaa0bb286c92f8feae2025-08-20T03:55:41ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322015-01-0126210510710.1155/2015/481076Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case ReportSafa Edagiz0Phil Lagace-Wiens1John Embil2James Karlowsky3Andrew Walkty4Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, CanadaA case of pneumonia with associated empyema caused by Clostridium bifermentans is described. C bifermentans is an anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacillus. This organism is infrequently reported as a cause of infection in humans, and older publications tended to regard it as nonpathogenic. However, in more recent reports, C bifermentans has been documented as a cause of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, soft tissue infection, abdominal infections, brain abscess, bacteremia and endocarditis. The present case is the third reported case of empyema caused by C bifermentans, and it serves to further define the spectrum of illness due to this uncommon organism.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/481076 |
| spellingShingle | Safa Edagiz Phil Lagace-Wiens John Embil James Karlowsky Andrew Walkty Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report |
| title_full | Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report |
| title_short | Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report |
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