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Case Reports
. 2024 Jan-Dec:12:23247096241292213.
doi: 10.1177/23247096241292213.

Clostridium paraputrificum in a Middle-Aged Male With Liver Disease

Kevin Trong Dao  1 , Carlos D'Assumpcao  1 , Rupam Sharma  1 , Arash Heidari  1
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Clostridium paraputrificum in a Middle-Aged Male With Liver Disease

Kevin Trong Dao et al. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2024 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

Clostridium paraputrificum is a gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming bacillus with a pathological prevalence of <1% among all Clostridium species. However, despite being a rare bacterium, there have been reported cases of C paraputrificum causing a wide range of varying pathologies. Herein presented is a case of cirrhosis secondary to alcoholism complicated by developing C paraputrificum bacteremia suspected due to gastrointestinal mucosal damage. There is literature demonstrating certain comorbid conditions having an impact on the overall prognosis of patients with C paraputrificum bacteremia.

Keywords: Clostridium paraputrificum; anaerobic; cirrhosis; comorbid conditions; mucosal.

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Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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CT scan of abdomen showing free fluid and moderate amount of ascites. Paracentesis fluid analysis did not find evidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
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Blood culture gram stain showing gram positive rods as indicated by the yellow arrow.
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Anaerobic culture media showing colony morphology of Clostridium paraputrificum (ViTek2, bioMérieux).
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