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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, p. 2018-2020, Vol. 43, No. 4
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.2018-2020.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Bacteremia Caused by Clostridium intestinale

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

Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,1 Medicine,3 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary,4 Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada2

Received 18 October 2004/ Returned for modification 6 December 2004/ Accepted 13 December 2004

We describe a case of Clostridium intestinale bacteremia in a previously healthy adolescent female presenting with fever and abdominal pain. The bacterium was definitively identified via 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This is the first report, 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 3675. Fax: 403 770 3347. E-mail: sameer.elsayed{at}cls.ab.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, p. 2018-2020, Vol. 43, No. 4
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.2018-2020.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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