Clostridium ventriculi bacteremia following acute colonic pseudo-obstruction: A case report

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Bortolotti, Perrine | Kipnis, Eric | Faure, Emmanuel | Faure, Karine | Wacrenier, Agnès | Fauquembergue, Maud | Messaadi, Sophian | Marceau, Laure | Dessein, Rodrigue | Le Guern, Rémi

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International audience. Clostridium ventriculi (formerly Sarcina ventriculi) is a Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic coccus. Human infections due to this bacterium have rarely been reported, its involvement in the development of gastric ulcers and perforation has been suggested. We present a case of bacteremia due to C. ventriculi following acute colonic pseudo-obstruction.

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