Spitzer R D, Ratzan K R
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Fla.
South Med J. 1991 May;84(5):671-2.
We have reported a case of chronic osteomyelitis due to an unusual anaerobic organism, Clostridium clostridiiforme, a gram-positive rod that often stains gram-negative and that is frequently resistant to such drugs as cefoxitin and clindamycin. Clostridia other than those similar to C perfringens are generally not considered invasive pathogens, but our case and several similar ones show that they can be.
