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Case Reports
. 1991 May-Jun;13(3):418-9.
doi: 10.1093/clinids/13.3.418.

Abdominal abscess due to Cardiobacterium hominis and Clostridium bifermentans

D J Rechtman  1 , J P Nadler
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Abdominal abscess due to Cardiobacterium hominis and Clostridium bifermentans

D J Rechtman et al. Rev Infect Dis. 1991 May-Jun.

Abstract

A case of abdominal abscess and bacteremia due to Cardiobacterium hominis and Clostridium bifermentans was successfully treated with surgical drainage and ampicillin-penicillin. This case represents the rare occurrence of C. hominis infection without apparent endocarditis.

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