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[Massive haemolysis by Clostridium perfringens: quick diagnosis in a patient with severe sepsis]

M Blanco1, C Ferreirós

  • 1Service de biochimie clinique, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Pontevedra, Espagne. milagros.blanco.perez@sergas.es

Annales De Biologie Clinique
|March 14, 2007
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Septicaemia by clostridia is a rare but nearly always fatal disease. We report a case of mortal massive haemolysis, with virtually no circulating erythrocytes, in a patient with septicaemia by Clostridium perfringens. The early finding of Clostridium perfringens in the direct Gram stain of patient's peripheral blood allowed a quick diagnosis.

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