An Autopsy Case of Rapidly Aggravated Clostridium perfringens Septicemia with Colorectal Cancer

• Published in: Case reports in infectious diseases Vol. 2022; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Kohya, Risako, Murai, Taichi, Taguchi, Yudai, Sawai, Kyohei, Takehara, Masaya, Nagahama, Masahiro, Itaya, Kazufumi, Koike, Yuta, Endo, Ayana, Ono, Yuji, Nagasaka, Atsushi, Nishikawa, Shuji, Nakamura, Michio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Hindawi 30.09.2022; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Abdomen; Anemia; Antigens; Autopsies; Bacteria; Bilirubin; Biomarkers; Blood; Blood tests; Body temperature; Cancer; Case Report; Case reports; Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Diabetes; Enzymes; Fever; Fibrin; Food contamination & poisoning; Gangrene; Health aspects; Hemoglobin; Hypoxemia; Infections; Laboratories; Liver; Liver cancer; Medical examination; Metastasis; Monoclonal antibodies; Outpatient care facilities; Sepsis; Tumors; Type 2 diabetes; Wine

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