Fatal Neutropenic Colitis and Clostridium Septicum Bacteremia in a Breast Cancer Patient.

Autor: Holub M; Department of Infectious Diseases, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Military University Hospital Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. michal.holub@uvn.cz., Řezáč D; Department of Infectious Diseases, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Military University Hospital Prague, Prague, Czech Republic., Čurdová M; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Military University Hospital Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Prague medical report [Prague Med Rep] 2021; Vol. 122 (3), pp. 212-215.
DOI: 10.14712/23362936.2021.18
Abstrakt: A fatal case of 67-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer on chemotherapy complicated with febrile neutropenia, colitis and sepsis due to Clostridium septicum is presented. Important clinical symptoms, laboratory and radiology findings together with therapy and outcome of neuropenic colitis are also discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE