A Case of Clostridium perfringens Septicemia with Fatal Hemolytic Complication / 대한진단검사의학회지
The Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine
;
: 358-361, 2006.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-80715
ABSTRACT
Massive intravascular hemolysis secondary to Clostridium perfringens septicemia is rare but often fatal. We report a case of a fatal clostridial hemolytic complication in a 71-year-old woman with probable refractory anemia. The patient was admitted to the emergency room due to a comatose mental state and a high fever. Laboratory analysis showed massive hemolysis. She died from severe anemia two hours after admission. The next day, blood cultures grew gram positive cocci and boxcarshaped gram positive rods, which were identified as coagulase-negative staphylococci and C. perfringens, respectively.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Anemia, Refractory
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Gram-Positive Rods
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Gram-Positive Cocci
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Clostridium
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Clostridium perfringens
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Coma
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Sepsis
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Fever
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Hemolysis
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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