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Bacteremia due to Clostridium difficile: case report and review of extraintestinal C. difficile infections
R J Feldman1, M Kallich, M P Weinstein
1Division of Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019, USA.
Abstract:
We report the case of an 85-year-old woman who developed diarrhea and bacteremia caused by Clostridium difficile after a prolonged hospitalization. C. difficile is a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea but only rarely has been reported to cause extraintestinal infection. Isolation of C. difficile from a wide range of specimens outside the intestinal tract has been reported and is not always associated with diarrhea or intestinal pathology.