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Case Report

Fulminating Septic Shock from Clostridium Perfringens in an Early Breast Cancer Patient with Severe Myalgia after Docetaxel Treatment

by
Alessandro Marco Minisini
1,*,
Jessica Menis
1,
Alessandro Follador
1,
Claudio Avellini
2 and
Gianpiero Fasola
1
1
Department of Oncology, University and General Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
2
Department of Pathology, University and General Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2011, 1(2), e33; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e33
Submission received: 24 March 2011 / Revised: 24 March 2011 / Accepted: 27 April 2011 / Published: 12 May 2011

Abstract

Anaerobic bacteraemia could be a lifethreatening condition in neutropenic patients receiving chemotherapy. Taxane therapy is associated with necrotising inflammation of the caecum (named also typhlitis) that could be a potential source for bacteraemia. We report the case of a sudden onset of septic shock by Clostridium perfringens in a young patient treated with docetaxel as adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer. A minireview of the literature has been performed.
Keywords: breast cancer; docetaxel; septic shock; neutropenia breast cancer; docetaxel; septic shock; neutropenia

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Minisini, A.M.; Menis, J.; Follador, A.; Avellini, C.; Fasola, G. Fulminating Septic Shock from Clostridium Perfringens in an Early Breast Cancer Patient with Severe Myalgia after Docetaxel Treatment. Clin. Pract. 2011, 1, e33. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e33

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Minisini AM, Menis J, Follador A, Avellini C, Fasola G. Fulminating Septic Shock from Clostridium Perfringens in an Early Breast Cancer Patient with Severe Myalgia after Docetaxel Treatment. Clinics and Practice. 2011; 1(2):e33. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e33

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Minisini, Alessandro Marco, Jessica Menis, Alessandro Follador, Claudio Avellini, and Gianpiero Fasola. 2011. "Fulminating Septic Shock from Clostridium Perfringens in an Early Breast Cancer Patient with Severe Myalgia after Docetaxel Treatment" Clinics and Practice 1, no. 2: e33. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e33

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