Foot Infection by Clostridium sordellii: Case Report and Review of 15 Cases in France

Philippe Bouvet (1) , Jean Sautereau (1) , Alain Le Coustumier (2) , Francine Mory (3) , Christiane Bouchier (4) , Michel Popoff (1)

1 CNR - Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et Botulisme - National Reference Center Anaerobic Bacteria and Botulism
2 Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier
3 CHRU Nancy - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy
4 Génomique (Plate-Forme) - Genomics Platform

We report a case of foot infection by Clostridium sordellii and review 15 human infections registered at a Reference Center in France during the period 1998 to 2011. All strains were found nontoxigenic, lacking the lethal toxin gene coding for TcsL. Like Clostridium septicum, several C. sordellii infections were associated with intestinal neoplasms.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Toxicology

Philippe Bouvet, Jean Sautereau, Alain Le Coustumier, Francine Mory, Christiane Bouchier, et al.. Foot Infection by Clostridium sordellii: Case Report and Review of 15 Cases in France. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015, 53 (4), pp.1423 - 1427. ⟨10.1128/JCM.03414-14⟩. ⟨pasteur-01768905⟩