PRAGUE MEDICAL REPORT, Vol 122 No 3 (2021), 212–215
Fatal Neutropenic Colitis and Clostridium Septicum Bacteremia in a Breast Cancer Patient
Michal Holub, David Řezáč, Martina Čurdová
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2021.18
published online: 01. 10. 2021
abstract
A fatal case of 67-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer on chemotherapy complicated with febrile neutropenia, colitis and sepsis due to Clostridium septicum is presented. Important clinical symptoms, laboratory and radiology findings together with therapy and outcome of neuropenic colitis are also discussed.
keywords: febrile neutropenia; colitis; sepsis; clostridium septicum
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