Clostridium Perfringens Bacteremia with Acute Hemolytic Anemia in the Setting of Endometrial Malignancy.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2019
Abstract
Acute intravascular hemolysis is a rare and often lethal complication of Clostridium perfringens septicemia.Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobic, gram-positive spore-forming rod which is commonly implicated in cases of food poisoning, gas gangrene, and severe hemolytic anemia in humans via the alpha-toxin (phospholipase C). We report an interesting and rare case of a 72-year-old woman who developed massive intravascular hemolysis secondary to C perfringens bacteremia in the setting of poorly differentiated high-grade endometrial malignancy.
Volume
9
Issue
1-2
First Page
127
Last Page
133
ISSN
1925-3621
Published In/Presented At
Cypher, L. R., Sullivan, C., Jones, R., & Phillips, A. (2019). Clostridium Perfringens Bacteremia with Acute Hemolytic Anemia in the Setting of Endometrial Malignancy. Academic forensic pathology, 9(1-2), 127–133. https://doi.org/10.1177/1925362119851240
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
34394798
Department(s)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Document Type
Article