A suspected case of Clostridium perfringens sepsis with intravascular hemolysis after transhepatic arterial chemoembolization: a case report

A suspected case of Clostridium perfringens sepsis with intravascular hemolysis after transhepatic arterial chemoembolization: a case report

Abstract Introduction Sepsis due to Clostridium perfringens, one of several clostridial species, is an important cause of massive intravascular hemolysis in patients with underlying malignancies. Chronic liver diseases, immunosuppression, and presence of malignancies were risk factors for Clostridiu...

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Main Authors: Haruki Uojima, Mie Onoue, Hisashi Hidaka, Naohisa Wada, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Tomoyoshi Inoue, Kousuke Kubota, Takahide Nakazawa, Akitaka Shibuya, Wasaburo Koizumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Intravascular hemolysis
Clostridium perfringens
Transhepatic arterial chemoembolization
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-2023-x

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