Foot infection by Clostridium sordellii: case report and review of 15 cases in France

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Apr;53(4):1423-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03414-14. Epub 2015 Jan 21.

Abstract

We report a case of foot infection by Clostridium sordellii and review 15 human infections registered at a Reference Center in France during the period 1998 to 2011. All strains were found nontoxigenic, lacking the lethal toxin gene coding for TcsL. Like Clostridium septicum, several C. sordellii infections were associated with intestinal neoplasms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Clostridium Infections / drug therapy
  • Clostridium Infections / epidemiology
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
  • Clostridium sordellii / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Foot Diseases / microbiology*
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KM657123
  • GENBANK/KM657124
  • GENBANK/KM657125
  • GENBANK/KM657126
  • GENBANK/KM657127
  • GENBANK/KM657128
  • GENBANK/KM657129
  • GENBANK/KM657130
  • GENBANK/KM657131