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SUBMITTER: Orum M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5256515 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMJ case reports 20170118
The Gram-negative, rod-shaped, anaerobe bacteria Tissierella praeacuta was first described in 1908 by Tissier. However, during the past decade, Clostridium hastiforme has been recognised as a later synonym of T. praeacuta. C. hastiforme/T. praeacuta has only rarely been described in previous literature as a cause of human infection. We present here a case report of C. hastiforme/T. praeacuta bacteraemia secondary to pyometra in a 64-year-old woman with a history of multiple sclerosis and an intr ...[more]