Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Non–C. difficile Clostridioides Bacteremia in Intensive Care Patients, France
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Figure 3. Several examples of hematogenous spreads or myonecrosis related to Clostridioides bacteremia in patients in France. All these localizations were associated with air formation. A) Brain abscess associated with pneumocephalus and gas embolism in the superior sagittal sinus. B) Splenic abscess (asterisk) with gas formation. C) Hepatic abscess with gas formation. D) Massive pelvic gangrene identified as the origin of the bacteremia in a patient. E) Cervical cellulitis, identified as the origin of the bacteremia in a patient.
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