Clostridium: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:53, 27 January 2022

Genus of anaerobic Gram-positive bacilli
Previously included Clostridioides difficile, which causes severe antibiotic-associated diarrhea

Species	Disease	Spore	Enterotoxin	Neurotoxin
Common Clostridium species
Clostridium botulinum	botulism	terminal	no	yes
Clostridium perfringens	traumatic clostridial myonecrosis, food poisoning	subterminal and central	yes	no
Clostridium septicum	atraumatic clostridial myonecrosis from GI malignancy and neutropenia	subterminal	no	no
Clostridium sordellii	septic abortion or gynecologic procedures, gas gangrene	subterminal	no	no
Clostridium tetani	tetanus	terminal	no	yes
Clostridiodes species
Clostridioides difficile	diarrhea	subterminal	yes	no
Uncommon Clostridium species
Clostridium bifermentans	gas gangrene	subterminal	no	no
Clostridium novyi	gas gangrene	subterminal	no	no
Clostridium histolyticum	gas gangrene	subterminal	no	no
Clostridium tertium		terminal	no	no

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-* Genus of [[Cellular respiration::anaerobic]] [[Stain::Gram-positive]] [[Cellular shape::bacillus|bacilli]]
+*Genus of [[Cellular respiration::anaerobic]] [[Stain::Gram-positive]] [[Shape::bacillus|bacilli]]
+*Previously included ''[[Clostridioides difficile]]'', which causes severe antibiotic-associated diarrhea
-* Includes:
-** ''[[Clostridium tetani]]'', which causes tetanus
-** ''[[Clostridium botulinum]]'', which causes botulism
-** ''[[Clostridium perfringens]]'', which causes traumatic clostridial myonecrosis
-** ''[[Clostridium sordellii]]'', associated with septic abortion
-** ''[[Clostridium septicum]]'', associated with gastrointestinal malignancy and neutropenia
-** ''[[Clostridium novyi]]''
-** ''[[Clostridium histolyticum]]''
-* Previously included ''[[Clostridioides difficile]]'', which causes severe antibiotic-associated diarrhea
+{| class="wikitable"
-{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Clostridium'' species}}
+!Species
+!Disease
+!Spore
+!Enterotoxin
+!Neurotoxin
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Common ''Clostridium'' species
+|-
+|[[Clostridium botulinum]]
+|botulism
+|terminal
+|no
+|'''yes'''
+|-
+|[[Clostridium perfringens]]
+|traumatic clostridial myonecrosis, food poisoning
+|subterminal and central
+|'''yes'''
+|no
+|-
+|[[Clostridium septicum]]
+|atraumatic clostridial myonecrosis from GI malignancy and neutropenia
+|subterminal
+|no
+|no
+|-
+|[[Clostridium sordellii]]
+|septic abortion or gynecologic procedures, gas gangrene
+|subterminal
+|no
+|no
+|-
+|[[Clostridium tetani]]
+|tetanus
+|terminal
+|no
+|'''yes'''
+|-
+! colspan="5" |''Clostridiodes'' species
+|-
+|[[Clostridioides difficile]]
+|diarrhea
+|subterminal
+|'''yes'''
+|no
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Uncommon ''Clostridium'' species
+|-
+|[[Clostridium bifermentans]]
+|gas gangrene
+|subterminal
+|no
+|no
+|-
+|[[Clostridium novyi]]
+|gas gangrene
+|subterminal
+|no
+|no
+|-
+|[[Clostridium histolyticum]]
+|gas gangrene
+|subterminal
+|no
+|no
+|-
+|[[Clostridium tertium]]
+|
+|terminal
+|no
+|no
+|}
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Clostridium''}}
 [[Category:Infectious diseases]]
 [[Category:Gram-positive bacilli]]