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Case Reports
. 1991 Oct;90(5):157-60.
doi: 10.1080/00325481.1991.11701080.

Clostridium septicum infection. Beware of associated cancer

J T Kirchner  1
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Clostridium septicum infection. Beware of associated cancer

J T Kirchner. Postgrad Med. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

For reasons that are not fully understood, there is an association between Clostridium septicum infection and carcinoma. In this article, Dr Kirchner describes the examination and treatment of a patient with C septicum infection in whom metastatic cancer was found on laparotomy.

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