Fatal case of Clostridium perfringens enteritis and bacteraemia in South Africa

Anthony M Smith; Juno Thomas; Pieter J.H. Mostert

doi:10.3855/jidc.1602

Fatal case of Clostridium perfringens enteritis and bacteraemia in South Africa

Authors

Anthony M Smith Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
Juno Thomas Outbreak Response Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
Pieter J.H. Mostert Tzaneen Medi-Clinic, Tzaneen, South Africa

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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.1602

Keywords:

Clostridium perfringens, necrotising enteritis, bacteraemia, South Africa

Abstract

Clostridium perfringens is an important anaerobic pathogen causing foodborne and non-foodborne gastrointestinal diseases in humans and animals. This pathogen is also the more common Clostridium species associated with bacteraemia. We report on a fatal case of C. perfringens infection in an adult with type 2 diabetes.

Author Biographies

Anthony M Smith, Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

Enteric Diseases Reference Unit; senior scientist

Juno Thomas, Outbreak Response Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

Outbreak Response Unit; pathologist

Pieter J.H. Mostert, Tzaneen Medi-Clinic, Tzaneen, South Africa

Emergency Centre, clinician

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2011-03-04

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Smith AM, Thomas J, Mostert PJ (2011) Fatal case of Clostridium perfringens enteritis and bacteraemia in South Africa. J Infect Dev Ctries 5:400–402. doi: 10.3855/jidc.1602

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Vol. 5 No. 05: May 2011

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Case Reports

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