Clostridium colicanis bacteraemia in an asthmatic patient diagnosed as acute respiratory infection

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2019 Nov;37(9):614-615. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.07.007. Epub 2018 Sep 14.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Laura Barrado¹, Luis Torroba-Álvarez², Ana Navascués², Carmen Ezpeleta-Baquedano²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain. Electronic address: ljbb550@msn.com.
² Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.

PMID: 30224223
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.07.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Asthma / complications*
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology
Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
Clostridium / isolation & purification*
Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
Clostridium Infections / drug therapy
Clostridium Infections / microbiology
Diagnostic Errors*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Humans
Immunocompetence
Levofloxacin / therapeutic use
Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnosis*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Levofloxacin
Cefotaxime

Supplementary concepts

Clostridium colicanis