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Nosocomial empyema caused by Clostridium difficile
A J Simpson1, S S Das, S Tabaqchali
1Department of Medical Microbiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London.
Journal of Clinical Pathology
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
Pleural infection with Clostridium difficile is extremely rare. A case of nosocomial empyema following chest drain insertion in a 46 year old man is described. The potential of C difficile to cause extra-intestinal infections should be recognised and its isolation from other sites should not be ignored.