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Clostridium difficile Causing Empyema

Published:2018-10-24 Issue:3 Volume:12 Page:633-639
ISSN:1662-0631
Container-title:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Rep Gastroenterol

Author:

Mohamed Abdalla,Sostre Vanessa,Patel Hiren,Patel Prem,Ortiz Luis C.,Baddoura Walid J.

Abstract

Extraintestinal Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is extremely uncommon. High mortality and poor outcomes have been observed among individuals with this rare medical condition. Empyema is one of the extraintestinal manifestations of CDI. Possible mechanisms to develop this parapneumonic effusion are aspiration and contamination of the chest tube. We present a 42-year-old Hispanic male with C. difficile empyema without any prior history of CDI.

Publisher

S. Karger AG

Subject

Gastroenterology

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