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01.10.2003 | Brief Report
Clostridium septicum Aortitis in a Patient with Colon Carcinoma
verfasst von:
M. E. Liechti, O. Schöb, G. M. Kacl, B. Caduff
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
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Ausgabe 10/2003
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Excerpt
Clostridium septicum is an anaerobic, spore-forming and toxin-producing gram-positive rod with peritrichous flagella. Septicemia due to this organism is severe and has an overall mortality rate of 33–64% [
1,
2].
Clostridium septicum is a known cause of gas gangrene. However, the clinical importance of
Clostridium septicum septicemia lies in its association with gastrointestinal or hematologic malignancy, with the most common site being adenocarcinoma of the right colon [
3]. Vascular infection with
Clostridium septicum has rarely been reported and might occur when circulating bacteria infect an atheromatous lesion during bacteremia [
4,
5]. Here, we describe a patient with occult adenocarcinoma of the colon who presented with early-stage clostridial aortitis that progressed to an infected aneurysm. …