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Clostridium cadaveris bacteremia in the immunocompromised host
R Gucalp1, M Motyl, P Carlisle
1Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467.
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Clostridium cadaveris, usually considered a non-pathogen, was isolated from blood cultures of two febrile patients with cancer. The bacteremias appeared to have originated from the abdomen. This organism has not been previously reported as the etiological agent in this setting.