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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4390-4392, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4390-4392.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Bacteremia Caused by Clostridium symbiosum

Sameer Elsayed1,2,3* and Kunyan Zhang1,2,3,4

Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,1 Medicine,4 Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary,2 Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada3

Received 23 February 2004/ Returned for modification 16 April 2004/ Accepted 13 May 2004

We describe a fatal case of Clostridium symbiosum bacteremia in a 70-year-old man with metastatic colon cancer. Our report is the first, in the world literature, of human infection caused by this microorganism.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Microbiology, Calgary Laboratory Services, 9-3535 Research Rd. NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2L 2K8. Phone: (403) 770-3309. Fax: (403) 770-3347. E-mail: sameer.elsayed{at}cls.ab.ca.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4390-4392, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4390-4392.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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