Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report

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dc.contributor.authorEdagiz, Safa
dc.contributor.authorLagace-Wiens, Phil
dc.contributor.authorEmbil, John
dc.contributor.authorKarlowsky, James
dc.contributor.authorWalkty, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-07T17:11:21Z
dc.date.available2016-06-07T17:11:21Z
dc.date.issued2015-1-1
dc.date.updated2016-06-07T06:51:42Z
dc.description.abstractA 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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dc.identifier.citationSafa Edagiz, Phil Lagace-Wiens, John Embil, James Karlowsky, and Andrew Walkty, “Empyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report,” Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 105-107, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/481076
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/481076
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31322
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dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2015 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.titleEmpyema Caused by Clostridium bifermentans: A Case Report
dc.typeJournal Article
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