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Clostridium sordellii

Background

Very rare cause of fatal infections after medical abortions^[1]
Less than one case per year has been reported since 2000^[1]

Table Overview

Disease-Causing Bacteria

Cocci

Clusters	Staph aureus (MSSA, MRSA, CA-MRSA) Staph epidermidis Staph saprophyticus Staph lugdunensis Staph haemolyticus

Pairs/Chains	Enterococcus faecalis Strep. Groups A, B, C, G Strep. anginosus gp Strep. pneumoniae Viridans strep

Other	Enterococcus faecium

Rods

Listeria monocytogenes

Corynebacterium jeikeium

Bacillus cereus

Cocci

Rods

Lactose Fermenters	E. coli Klebsiella Enterobacter Citrobacter

Lactose Non-Fermenters	Pseudomonas Salmonella Shigella Acinetobacter coccobac H. influenzae Pasteurella

Other	Serratia sp. Proteus mirabilis Proteus vulgaris Providencia sp. Morganella sp. Aeromonas sp. Capnocytophaga canimorsus

Rods/Cocci

Y. enterocolitica

Pasteurella multocida

Haemophilus ducreyi

Peptostreptococus

See Also

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Meites E, Zane S, Gould C (2010). "Fatal Clostridium sordellii infections after medical abortions". New England Journal of Medicine 363 (14): 1382–3. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1001014

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