[Intravascular hemolysis due to Clostridium perfringens in an immunocompetent patient]

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2009 Nov;27(9):548-9. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2008.11.008. Epub 2009 May 29.
[Article in Spanish]
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / etiology*
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / physiology
  • Clostridium perfringens / isolation & purification*
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gas Gangrene / complications*
  • Gas Gangrene / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Liver Abscess / complications*
  • Liver Abscess / diagnosis
  • Liver Abscess / microbiology
  • Male
  • Multiple Organ Failure / etiology
  • Shock, Septic / etiology
  • Type C Phospholipases / physiology

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • Type C Phospholipases
  • alpha toxin, Clostridium perfringens