Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infection
A 58-year-old woman with COVID-19 presented with an acute abdomen. Her spleen was found to be infarcted with a large fluid and gas collection. Treatment included broad-spectrum antibiotics and CT-guided drainage. Definitive treatment was splenectomy. We postulate that COVID-19 related splenic infarc...
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| description | A 58-year-old woman with COVID-19 presented with an acute abdomen. Her spleen was found to be infarcted with a large fluid and gas collection. Treatment included broad-spectrum antibiotics and CT-guided drainage. Definitive treatment was splenectomy. We postulate that COVID-19 related splenic infarction created ideal conditions for Clostridium paraputrificum to cause a splenic abscess. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c9b6a4d45274210882431ff610946522022-12-22T00:04:53ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092022-01-0127e01357Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infectionMalaz Imam0Gregory William Hammond1Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Corresponding author.Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaA 58-year-old woman with COVID-19 presented with an acute abdomen. Her spleen was found to be infarcted with a large fluid and gas collection. Treatment included broad-spectrum antibiotics and CT-guided drainage. Definitive treatment was splenectomy. We postulate that COVID-19 related splenic infarction created ideal conditions for Clostridium paraputrificum to cause a splenic abscess.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921003139Clostridium paraputrificumCOVID-19Splenic abscessSplenic infarction |
| spellingShingle | Malaz Imam Gregory William Hammond Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infection IDCases Clostridium paraputrificum COVID-19 Splenic abscess Splenic infarction |
| title | Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infection |
| title_full | Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infection |
| title_fullStr | Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infection |
| title_short | Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infection |
| title_sort | splenic infarction secondary to covid 19 complicated by clostridium paraputrificum infection |
| topic | Clostridium paraputrificum COVID-19 Splenic abscess Splenic infarction |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921003139 |
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