RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nosocomial empyema caused by Clostridium difficile.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 172
OP 173
DO 10.1136/jcp.49.2.172
VO 49
IS 2
A1 A J Simpson
A1 S S Das
A1 S Tabaqchali
YR 1996
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/49/2/172.abstract
AB Pleural infection with Clostridium difficile is extremely rare. A case of nosocomial empyema following chest drain insertion in a 46 year old man is described. The potential of C difficile to cause extra-intestinal infections should be recognised and its isolation from other sites should not be ignored.