Clinical Laboratory, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Anaerobe. 2019 Jun;57:90-92. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.03.018. Epub 2019 Apr 4.
We report the case of a patient with advanced gastric cancer and multiple liver metastases, who presented with bacteremia and hepatic gas gangrene caused by Clostridium novyi (C. novyi). The gas gangrene caused abscesses to form within metastatic lesions. This case highlights the antitumor effects of C. novyi in human.
我们报告了一例晚期胃癌伴多发肝转移患者,因诺维梭菌(C. novyi)引起菌血症和肝坏疽而就诊。气性坏疽导致转移灶内形成脓肿。该病例突出了 C. novyi 在人体内的抗肿瘤作用。