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ArticleAnaerobe2022

Persistent bacteremia and psoas abscess caused by a lethal toxin-deficient Paeniclostridiumsordellii.

Cara D Varley, Lisa M Rogers, Beverly Rea Dixon, Sarah C Bernard, D Borden Lacy, Emilio Sulpizio, David M Aronoff, John M Townes

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Article in Anaerobe, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Phenological Changes in the Fecal Microbiota ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
    Article
  2. FatalPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Cara D VarleyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA; School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA. Electronic address: varleyc@ohsu.edu.
Lisa M RogersDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Beverly Rea DixonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Sarah C BernardDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
D Borden LacyDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; The Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Emilio SulpizioDepartment of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
David M AronoffDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
John M TownesDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Vanderbilt University · USOregon Health & Science University · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · USPortland State University · US

Funding

Structural Mechanisms of Clostridioides difficile pathogenesisR37AI095755 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Dana Borden Lacy · 2021 to 2026
$3.2M
BLRD VA I01 BX002943NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI095755
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of persistent bacteremia and psoas abscess from Paeniclostridium sordellii without severe symptoms or the classically associated toxic shock syndrome. Further laboratory evaluation demonstrated that the Paeniclostridium sordellii isolate lacked the lethal toxin gene and there was no cytotoxicity to exposed Vero cells.

Indexed as

BacteremiaParaclostridium sordelliiPsoas AbscessShock, SepticAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsVero CellsBacteremiaBacterial toxinClostridium sordelliiClostridium speciesGram-positive bacilliPaeniclostridium sordellii

Identifiers

PMID35085782
PMCPMC9197960
OpenAlexW4206923099

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