Context. Clostridium perfringens septicemia is often associated with translocation from the gastrointestinal or gastrourinary tract and occurs in patients who have malignancy or are immunocompromised. Clostridium perfringens septicemia is usually fatal without early identification, source control, and antibiotics. Case. We present a case of a 65-year-old female with Clostridium perfringens sept...

a 74 yr old woman from gonabad, southern part of khorasan razavi province of iran was admitted to a hospital of gonabad, because of respiratory distress, exertional dyspnea and fever. close contact with domes­tic animals, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), and completely resolved pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) in remote past, were nota­ble parts of her past medical history. d...

Over a 12 months period, out of 25,411 livebirths, 155 neonates (6.1 per 1000 livebirths) had proven septicemia by blood culture. The mortality rate was 26.5%. Septicemia was more common among the very low birthweight and preterm neonates of gestation of 30 weeks or less. 45.8% of the septicemia occurred during the first 48 hours of life. Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most common causative...

Background: The early diagnosis of neonatal septicemia still poses great difficulties. Early clinical symptomatology is mimicked by a lot other disorders affecting the newborn. To study diagnostic value combination CRP, absolute neutrophil count, band form count to total ratio in septicemia.Methods: A 75 babies who got admitted Mahavir institute medical sciences between October 2018 September 2...

abstract background: the invasion of microorganisms into the bloodstream and spread to different parts of body can cause disruption the functions of vital organs and even death. the proper and prompt treatment is essential and can significantly reduce morbidity and mortality rates. this study aimed to determine the frequency and the antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria isolated from blood c...