Difference between revisions of "Clostridium perfringens type A"
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**Extensive bacterial invasion of damaged muscle | **Extensive bacterial invasion of damaged muscle | ||
**Gas production causing subcutaneous crepitus | **Gas production causing subcutaneous crepitus | ||
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[[Category:Histotoxic_Clostridia]] | [[Category:Histotoxic_Clostridia]] | ||
[[Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia]] | [[Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:54, 1 June 2010
- Gas gangrene and myositis
- Extensive bacterial invasion of damaged muscle
- Gas production causing subcutaneous crepitus
- Similar manifestations as malignant oedema
- Necrotising enterocolitis in pigs and necrotic enteritis in chickens (alpha toxin with lecithinase activity)
- Canine haemorrhagic gastroenteritis (cytotoxic enterotoxin)
- Typhlocolotis in horses, possibly associated with Colitis X