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Clostridium septicum Arthritis

Southern Medical Journal, 1983
This case of anaerobic septic arthritis caused by Clostridium septicum is apparently the first reported. It emphasizes the need for obtaining anaerobic as well as aerobic cultures on all suspected cases of septic arthritis.
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Panophthalmitis due to clostridium septicum

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2004
To describe patient survival in a rare case of endogenous Clostridium septicum sepsis with panophthalmitis.Observational case report.Both eyes of a female patient were examined in a hospital setting.A 68-year-old woman had right orbital pain, proptosis, panophthalmitis, mental confusion and fever for 2 days.
Daniel C, Schickner, Alon, Yarkoni, Paul, Langer, Larry, Frohman, Xue, Chen, Robert, Folberg, Lucian V, Del Priore   +6 more
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Clostridium septicum and malignancy

ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2001
Background:  Clostridium septicum is known to be associated with malignancy or immunosuppression. It has a variable clinical presentation and is associated with a high mortality. The aim of the present study was to review the experience at St George Hospital, Sydney, over a 10‐year period, with particular reference to the association of this condition ...
S S, Chew, D Z, Lubowski
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Nontraumatic Clostridium septicum gangrenous myonecrosis

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1983
Nontraumatic Clostridium septicum infections may present as either septicemia or as metastatic myonecrosis. Most of these infections occur in debilitated patients with diabetes who are receiving cancer chemotherapy. The majority have a hematologic abnormality or a carcinoma of the colon.
P E, Collier, D L, Diamond, J C, Young
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Clostridium septicum aortitis and colon carcinoma

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 2016
Clostridium septicum (C. septicum) aortitis is a rare but highly fatal infection that has a strong association with occult malignancy. Aneurysmal transformation of C. septicum aortitis is common and has been reported to occur in as little as 1 to 3 weeks. We report a case of C.
Daniel J. Mizrahi, Ethan J. Halpern
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Clostridium septicum infection in neutropenic enterocolitis

Pathology, 1988
A 36-year-old woman developed neutropenia following chemotherapy for inoperable carcinoma of the cervix. She suffered acute abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and peritonitis of rapid onset. The right hemicolon and 15 cm of terminal ileum were resected at laparotomy and this showed marked edema of the cecum and ileo-cecal valve associated with ...
M L, Yeong, G I, Nicholson
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Clostridium septicum septicaemia with myonecrosis

Australasian Radiology, 1999
A case of fatal spontaneous gas gangrene due to Clostridium septicum septicaemia associated with an occult rectal malignancy is presented. This condition has a rapid progression and a high mortality even with prompt treatment. It is important that the radiologist considers this diagnosis in an appropriate clinical setting to allow rapid instigation of ...
G C, Salanitri, P G, Tauro
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Cerebritis due to Clostridium septicum

Neurology, 1980
In a case of Clostridium septicum septicemia with cerebritis, the cerebral lesion appeared as a localized mass that clinically mimicked a metastatic tumor.
D, Roeltgen, G, Shugar, J, Towfighi
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Surgical Aspects of Clostridium septicum Septicemia

Archives of Surgery, 1984
Clostridium septicum is a virulent cause of gas gangrene and sepsis. Although thought to be rare, a survey of our affiliated hospitals for a recent five-year period disclosed eight cases. Seven of the eight had an occult malignant neoplasm. The eighth patient was thought to be preleukemic.
T M, Pelfrey, R P, Turk, J B, Peoples, D W, Elliott   +3 more
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Clostridium septicum bacteremia its clinical significance

The American Journal of Medicine, 1979
The medical records of 59 patients with Clostridium septicum bacteremia were reviewed; 42 (71 per cent) of these patients had malignancies. One half had hematologic malignancies, and one half had solid tumors. Of the 21 patients with solid tumors, 14 (67 per cent) had cancer of the colon.
J R, Koransky, M D, Stargel, V R, Dowell
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