Hepatic gas gangrene caused by Clostridium novyi. (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Watanabe, Noriyuki; Kobayashi, Kiyoko; Hashikita, Giichi; Taji, Yoshitada; Ishibashi, Noriomi; Sakuramoto, Shinichi; Mitsutake, Kotaro; Ikebuchi, Kenji; Ebihara, Yasuhiro
• Is Part Of: Anaerobe. Volume 57(2019)
• Page Start: 90
• Page End: 92
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: Clostridium novyi -- Gas gangrene -- Liver metastasis -- Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry -- Sulbactam/ampicillin (SBT/ABPC); Anaerobic infections -- Periodicals; Anaerobic bacteria -- Periodicals; Bacterial diseases -- Periodicals; Computer network resources; Anaerobic protozoa -- Periodicals; 579.3
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.03.018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1075-9964

Abstract

Abstract: We report the case of a patient with advanced gastric cancer and multiple liver metastases, who presented with bacteremia and hepatic gas gangrene caused by Clostridium novyi ( C. novyi ). The gas gangrene caused abscesses to form within metastatic lesions. This case highlights the antitumor effects of C. novyi in human. Highlights: The patient with gastric cancer and hepatic metastasis had hepatic gas gangrene. Hepatic gas gangrene was caused by C. novyi. The metastatic lesions were converted to abscesses by gas gangrene. This phenomenon supported the antitumor effects of C. novyi in human.