A Case of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia in a Patient with Loop Ileostomy
Annals of Laboratory Medicine
;
: 200-202, 2013.
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ABSTRACT
Clostridium difficile, an anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, is the most common nosocomial pathogen causing pseudomembranous colitis. C. difficile is not intrinsically invasive and rarely infects extraintestinal sites. The bacterium, therefore, is not commonly detected in blood cultures. Here, we report a case of C. difficile bacteremia in a patient who had underwent loop ileostomy because of rectal obstruction following metastatic colon cancer originated from prostate cancer.
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Próstata
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Enterocolitis Seudomembranosa
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ARN Ribosómico 16S
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Ileostomía
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Clostridioides difficile
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Bacteriemia
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Análisis de Secuencia de ARN
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Neoplasias del Colon
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Antibacterianos
Límite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Annals of Laboratory Medicine
Año:
2013
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Artículo
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