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Revision as of 11:53, 6 July 2010

Clostridium species

  • Organisms present in the soil, alimentary tract and faeces
  • Endospores may be present in liver and may be reactivated to cause disease
  • Neurotoxic clostridia, Clostridium tetani and Clostridium botulinum affect neuromuscular function but cause no tissue damage
  • Histotoxic clostridia cause localised lesions in tissues and may cause toxaemia
  • C. perfringens cause inflammatory lesions in the gastrointestinal tract and enterotoxaemias in sheep

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

Pages in category "Clostridium species"

The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.