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SUBMITTER: Hugelshofer M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3457414 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hugelshofer Michael M Achermann Yvonne Y Kovari Helen H Dent Wolfgang W Hombach Michael M Bloemberg Guido G
Journal of clinical microbiology 20120815 10
We report a clinical case of meningoencephalitis with subdural empyema in an immunocompromised farmer caused by toxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A, which was identified by 16S RNA gene analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and subdural empyema. In immunocompromised patients, C. perfringens should be considered a potential pathogen of sepsis. ...[more]