- Anaerobic gram positive rod
- Most common cause food born diarrhea→ undercooked meat, other who ate same ill simultaneously, resolves in 24h
- Can contribute to necrotizing fasciitis
- Also intra-abdominal infections, hepato-biliary abscess
- Diarrhea, 6-18h after ingestion
- Abdominal or pelvic area pain w/abscess
- Bacteremia associated with rapid clinical deterioration and death if source control not achieved and abx not provided promptly
- Hemolytic anemia (intravascular)
- Deep tissue infection from necrotizing faciitis
- Abdominal pain if abd/pv infection
- Blood cultures, culture of abscess (if present)
- Imaging can help to identify abscess (abd/pelvis), sometimes in determining extent of soft tissue infection