Clostridium baratii bacteremia associated with Kawasaki syndrome. First case report

New Microbiol. 2007 Oct;30(4):481-4.

Abstract

We experienced a case of a 3-year-old boy who presented signs and symptoms of Kawasaki syndrome. Two blood culture sets were processed by the hospital microbiology laboratory using a standard blood culturing system. The anaerobic bottles gave a positive result at day 3 after inoculation. The biochemical profiles produced by the RapID ANA II System showed that the organism was Clostridium baratii with a probability of 99%. Our case highlights the importance of C. baratii as a potential human pathogen and reports the associations with manifestations, which, to our knowledge, have not been previously described concomitantly with a clostridial infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Agar
  • Anaerobiosis
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clostridium / classification
  • Clostridium / growth & development
  • Clostridium / isolation & purification*
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / microbiology*
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic

Substances

  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Agar