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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1999, p. 3778-3779, Vol. 37, No. 11
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Septicemia in Neutropenic Patients Infected with Clostridium tertium Resistant to Cefepime and Other Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporins

Sophia Steyaert,1,* Renaat Peleman,2 Mario Vaneechoutte,1 Thierry De Baere,1 Geert Claeys,1 and Gerda Verschraegen1

Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology1 and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases,2 University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Received 8 March 1999/Returned for modification 25 May 1999/Accepted 9 August 1999

Clostridium tertium was isolated from two immunocompromised patients with septicemia, fever, and gastrointestinal symptoms. The strains were resistant to ceftazidime, cefepime, and clindamycin; intermediately resistant to penicillin; and susceptible to metronidazole, quinolones, and vancomycin.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Phone: 32 (0)9 240 34 22. Fax: 32 (0)9 240 49 85. E-mail: Sophia.Steyaert{at}rug.ac.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1999, p. 3778-3779, Vol. 37, No. 11
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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