Clostridium tertium Peritonitis and Bacteremia in a Neonate With Congenital Intestinal Atresia: A Case Report

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Feb 1;40(2):159-161. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002920.

Abstract

We report a 1-day-old girl who was affected by peritonitis and bacteremia caused by Clostridium tertium following perforation of congenital intestinal atresia. Splenic infarction was also suspected during C. tertium bacteremia. C. tertium was identified by using mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA sequencing. This patient was successfully treated with emergency laparotomy and broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
  • Clostridium Infections / pathology
  • Clostridium tertium / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meropenem / administration & dosage
  • Meropenem / therapeutic use
  • Peritonitis / microbiology*
  • Splenic Infarction / pathology
  • Splenic Infarction / surgery
  • Vancomycin / administration & dosage
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin
  • Meropenem