Clostridium septicum

• Causes malignant oedema:
  • Infection via wounds
  • Cellulitis with minimal gangrene and gas formation
  • Tissue swelling due to oedema; coldness and discoloration of overlying skin
  • Toxaemia with depression; death may be rapid if extensive lesions
• Causes braxy:
  • Abomasitis of sheep
  • Disease occurs during winter
  • Rapidly fatal; anorexia, depression, fever
• Causes gas gangrene and myositis