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Pleuropulmonary infection due to Clostridium subterminale
1Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
The Journal of Infection
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
Clostridial pleuropulmonary infection in a patient with suspected pulmonary embolism is described. Clostridium subterminale was recovered as the sole pathogen on several occasions despite antibiotic therapy. The patient died of cardiac failure after a complicated course in hospital. Clostridium subterminale is a rare pathogen and has not so far been reported as the sole cause of pleuropulmonary infection.