A Case of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia in a Patient with Loop Ileostomy
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A Case of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia in a Patient with Loop Ileostomy
Clostridium difficile, an anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, is the most common nosocomial pathogen causing pseudomembranous colitis. C. difficile is not intrinsically invasive and rarely infects extraintestinal sites. The bacterium, therefore, is not commonly detected in blood cultures. Here, we report a case of C. difficile bacteremia in a patient who had underwent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2234-3806,2234-3814
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.3.200