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Clostridium baratii bacteremia associated with Kawasaki syndrome. First case report

Chiara IariaG. StassiD. C. SalpietroA. La MazzaL. SilipigniA. ArenaG. B. CostaA. Cascio

subject

ClostridiumMaleBOTULISM TYPE-F; DISEASE; ADULT; INFECTIONS; HATHEWAYI; TOXINBacteremiaTOXINMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeDISEASEAgarBOTULISM TYPE-FADULTINFECTIONSChild PreschoolHATHEWAYIClostridium InfectionsHumansAnaerobiosisReagent Kits Diagnostic

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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.

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2007-12-18
http://hdl.handle.net/11570/1891196