From the Department of Neonatal Medicine.
Department of Pediatric Surgery.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Feb 1;40(2):159-161. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002920.
We report a 1-day-old girl who was affected by peritonitis and bacteremia caused by Clostridium tertium following perforation of congenital intestinal atresia. Splenic infarction was also suspected during C. tertium bacteremia. C. tertium was identified by using mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA sequencing. This patient was successfully treated with emergency laparotomy and broad-spectrum antibiotics.
我们报告了一例 1 天龄女婴,因先天性肠闭锁穿孔导致 C. tertium 引起的腹膜炎和菌血症,同时疑似 C. tertium 菌血症导致脾梗死。通过质谱和 16S rRNA 测序鉴定出 C. tertium。该患者通过急诊剖腹手术和广谱抗生素治疗成功治愈。