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| | CLOSTRIDIUM |
 | | Clostridium difficile is a motile bacterium that can be part of the natural intestinal flora. | | | tetani spores can be acquired from any type of skin trauma involving an infected device. | | | The four clinically important species of Clostridium will be discussed here: C. |
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http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/path/00001496.htm
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| | January 15 |
| | Tuton, K., Chaddock, J.A., Acharya, K.R. This article talks about the use of Clostridium tetani in therapy for several neuromuscular conditions. | | | As the title indicates, it is concerned with the therapeutic uses of the two species of clostridium. | | | A link to this article is: Clostridium Therapy |
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http://home.wlu.edu/~schmidtl/bio182/log.html
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| | Hernandez Isolation swarmer clostridia |
| | Some morphological characteristics of the swarming behavior of C. tetani are similar to those described for Proteus (Hernández and Rodríguez 1992, 1993). | | | The reason is that heat treatment favoured sporulation, as was our experience with 8 of our C. tetani strains, were isolated exclusively from heated samples. | | | The swarming phenomenom has been very common throughout our experience with clostridia, and not restricted to the species mentioned above. |
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http://rbt.ots.ac.cr/revistas/45-3/hernande.htm
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| | Clostridium |
| | After reading the above account of the deadly properties of botulinum toxin (or botox as it is commonly called in the medical profession), it must seem hard to believe that it also had beneficial uses in the medical field. | | | Once the chest muscles and diaphragm become involved, respiration becomes difficult and death by asphyxia often results. | | | A recent study has shown Clostridium novyi to be a likely candidate for new bacteria therapy to eliminate tumors. |
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http://biology.kenyon.edu/Microbial_Biorealm/bacteria/gram-positive/clostridium/clostridium.htm
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| | Medmicro Chapter 18 |
| | Diarrhea has come to be accepted as a natural accompaniment of treatment with many antibiotics. | | | The organism can be found in the gastrointestinal flora of humans, horses, and other animals. | | | The patient should be treated on a clinical basis without waiting for laboratory data. |
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http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch018.htm
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| | Clostridium tetani |
| | This neurotoxin blocks the release of inhibitors at the synapse causing continual triggering of muscles, resulting in tetany or "rigid paralysis". | | | With "localized tetanus", the toxins travel along the peripheral nerves causing a disease confined to the extremities. |
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http://www.sunysccc.edu/academic/mst/microbes/35cteta.htm
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| | Pathogenic Clostridia |
| | Clostridium difficile causes antibiotic asociated diarrhea (AAD) and more serious intestinal conditions such as colitis and pseudomembranous colitis in humans. | | | Clostridium tetani and Clostridium botulinum produce the most potent biological toxins known to affect humans. | | | Usually the organism is encountered in improperly sterilized (canned) foods in which endospores have germinated. |
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http://textbookofbacteriology.net/clostridia.html
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| | Clostridium tetani complete proteome |
| | Clostridium tetani is an anaerobic spore-forming bacterium whose natural habitat is soil and animal and human intestines. | | | It is the causative agent of tetanus disease which is one of the most dramatic and prevalent diseases of human and vertebrate animals and has been reported for over 24 centuries. | | | You may not see all the information available for this page (More information). |
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http://www.expasy.org/sprot/hamap/CLOTE.html
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| | Tetanus |
| | Muscular seizures (tetany) cause sudden, powerful, and painful contraction of muscle groups. | | | tetani (other antibiotics such as clindamycin, erythromycin, or metronidazole can be used in patients who are allergic to penicillin). | | | Tetanus is a disease caused by the toxin of the bacterium Clostridium tetani that affects the central nervous system, sometimes resulting in death. |
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http://www.shands.org/health/information/article/000615.htm
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| | tetanus |
| | The bacterium that causes tetanus, Clostridium tetani, normally lives in the soil and in animal and human intestines. | | | Disease occurs when wounds or an infant's umbilical cord are contaminated with the bacteria. | | | Tetanus is very unusual in countries like the United States, where use of the tetanus vaccine is widespread. |
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http://www.northmemorial.com/HealthEncyclopedia/content/395.asp
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| | Medical Dictionary: Clostridium tetani - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Clostridium tetani: Another name for Tetanus (or close medical condition association). | | | Clostridium tetani: Clostridium tetani is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Bacterial diseases, Vaccine-preventable diseases Clostridium tetani (medical condition): Bacterial disease now rare due to vaccination. | | | Clostridium tetani: Tetanus (sometimes called lockjaw) is caused by the toxin (poison) of a bacterium. |
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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/clostridium_tetani.htm
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| | A Commitment to Protect-Tetanus |
| | The organism is abundant in soil, as well as in the intestines and feces of animals and humans. | | | Tetanus is an acute, often fatal, neurologic disorder caused by a toxin produced by Clostridium tetani, a spore-forming, anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus. | | | Three clinical forms of tetanus are recognized: local tetanus, cephalic tetanus, and generalized tetanus. |
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http://www.vaccineprotection.com/professional/diseases/tetanus.cfm
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| | Tetanus Information Page |
| | tetani, muscle relaxants to relax the rigid muscles, and supportive therapy until the toxin is eliminated or destroyed. | | | Vaccination is the only way to provide safe, effective long-term protection against tetanus. | | | These spores germinate, multiply and produce a very powerful poison which affects the muscles. |
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http://www.cyberhorse.net.au/csl/tetanus.htm
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| | WTC World Travel Health Newsletter @ jetStream |
| | Clostridium tetani likes to grow where there is little oxygen (to each its own). | | | Clostridium tetani also exists in the large intestines (your colon). | | | Neither is there an effective vaccine, so watch what you eat. |
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http://www.worldtravelcenter.com/jetstream/newsweather/newsletter/Aug00/tetanus.htm
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| | Great Moments in Science - Temporary Beauty 1 |
| | Many of the Clostridium family of bacteria are unfriendly to humans. | | | But it's Botulinum Toxin A, also called Botulinum toxin, that has most of the medical uses. | | | Clostridium perfringens produces gas, which easily pushes its way between the layers of the skin, where the adhesion is relatively low. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s492262.htm
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| | Low prevalence for Clostridium tetani.. |
| | The isolation of the non toxigenic strain found in the previous study was not intended. | | | tetani, the causative agent of tetanus, is a strict anaerobic Gram positive bacillus found in animal intestine and soil. | | | This may be due to the low pH of the soil samples analyzed and it correlates with the few reported tetanus cases in Costa Rica. |
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http://www.imbiomed.com.mx/Uay/Yuv08n4/english/Zyu74-04.html
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| | Pathogen of the Week: Clostridium Tetani - The Daily Californian |
| | Apart from any mystical stories about children gleefully running barefoot through a mess of wildflowers only to be killed with the stab of a rusty nail, Clostridium tetani, a bacterium that produces a toxin more commonly known as Tetanus, is in reality a validly fatal condition. | | | While the latter two concerns were nothing that a plastic bandage and a few encouraging remarks from a passerby couldn't handle, the first concern prevailed. | | | Aside from getting an immunization shot, and the appropriate booster shots every ten years, one can also be preventative against Tetanus by thoroughly cleaning all wounds with antibiotics, or receiving a tetanus immune globin shot as soon as possible to hopefully neutralize the poison that has not yet entered the nervous system. |
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http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=16110
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| | eMedicine - Tetanus : Article Excerpt by: Daniel J Dire, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAAEM |
| | This bacterium is nonencapsulated and forms spores, which are resistant to heat, desiccation, and disinfectants. | | | Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: Clostridium tetani, C tetani, tetanus immunization, tetanus vaccination, tetanus toxoid, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids plus pertussis vaccinations, DPT vaccination, lockjaw, stiffness of the jaw, risus sardonicus | | | Presently, tetanus is a severe disease primarily of older adults who are unvaccinated or inadequately vaccinated. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/byname/tetanus.htm
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| | Goettingen Genomics Laboratory |
| | Further information: please have a glance to the download page of C. | | | G2L sequenced the genome of the causative agent of tetanus disease, Clostridium tetani. | | | tetani consists of a chromosome (2.8 Mbp) and a plasmid (74 kbp), which harbors the gene for tetanus toxin. |
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http://www.g2l.bio.uni-goettingen.de/projects/c_proj_ct.html
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| | Clostridium tetani, Clostridium tetani infection |
| | The disease may develop after penetrating trauma, chronic skin ulcers, infections about the umbilical stump of newborn (neonatal tetanus), obstetric procedures (postabortal tetanus), and infected injection sites in IVDA. | | | The organism can only be cultured from infective focus in 30% of cases. | | | A variety of species of clostridium are associated with invasive infection in humans i.e. |
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http://virology-online.com/Bacteria/Clostridium3.htm
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| | Clostridium |
| | Clostridium tetani - This bacterium causes tetanus (lockjaw) in humans. | | | Clostridium botulinum - The organism that causes botulism is common in nature and is widely present in soils. | | | Spores enter the body through any type of skin trauma. |
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http://www.avianbiotech.com/diseases/clostridium.htm
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| | Clostridium tetani, Tetanus |
| | Tetanus is a condition also referred to as lockjaw. | | | Clostridium tetani is a bacteria that causes tetanus in humans. | | | tetani itself can be treated easily with penicillin, but this will not destroy or neutralize the toxin. |
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http://www.lcusd.net/lchs/mewoldsen/tetanus.htm
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| | Clostridium |
| | Glycine normally prevents contraction of antagonistic muscles; therefore, muscle spasms and convulsions (lockjaw) may occur. | | | Gas gangrene generally involves muscle extremities where anaerobiosis can occur. | | | Laboratory: Members of the genus Clostridium can be differentiated from other bacteria by laboratory techniques including enzymatic digestion on egg-yolk agar plates and by using mice treated with or without antitoxin. |
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http://www.cehs.siu.edu/fix/medmicro/clost.htm
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| | Spores of the causative organism of tetanus (Clostridium tetani) |
| | Spores of Clostridium tetani, the causative organism of tetanus | | | Spores of the causative organism of tetanus (Clostridium tetani) | | | Cell functions - Reproduction and Genetics - Sporulation - Spores of the causative organism of tetanus (Clostridium tetani) |
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http://www.cells.de/cellseng/1medienarchiv/Zellfunktionen/Fortpfl_u_Genetik_/Sporulation/Sporen_d_Wundstarrkrampferr/index.jsp
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| | AllRefer.com - tetany (Pathology) - Encyclopedia |
| | Muscle tetany is also caused by the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium tetani in the disease tetanus. | | | Mild tetany is characterized by tingling in the fingers, toes, and lips; acute tetany, consisting of severe muscular contractions, tremors, and cramps, can result in death. | | | The nervous system becomes increasingly excitable, and nerves discharge spontaneously, sending impulses to skeletal muscles and causing spasmodic contractions. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/T/tetany.html
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| | Isolation Clostridium tetani in Puntarenas City... |
| | From the standpoint of public health policy, the high prevalence of this agent in soil is a reminder of the importance of strict adherence to vaccination schedules and the application of tetanus toxoid to any patient with a traumatic lesion, to prevent cases of clinical tetanus. | | | tetani were analyzed by their biochemical profile and ELISA in order to detect tetanospasmin. | | | tetani from Costa Rican soil samples, as was described in a previous study of soil samples from the University of Costa Rica, in which 43% of strains isolated were identified as C. |
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http://www.imbiomed.com.mx/Uay/Yuv12n2/english/Zyu012-01.html
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| | Tetanus |
| | The majority of the clinical effects of tetani are due to the neurological effects of tetanospasmin. | | | Clostridium tetani are gram positive, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that are found in the soil. | | | Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is caused by Clostridium tetani. |
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http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/sheep/ansc442/Semprojs/2002/neurological/tetanus.html
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| | + ½ ó ¨ Clostridium difficile ¡ ¨* Gram-positive, spore forming anaerobe Is part of the normal intestinal flora in some healthy people and hospitalized patients The disease occurs if organisms proliferate in the colon producing toxins there. | | | Except for Bacteroides which grow rapidly in culture. |
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http://iweb.tntech.edu/suegoss/Clostridium2.ppt
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| | Why Should I Get That Tetanus Shot? |
| | However, it requires the patient be given very strong muscle relaxants and a machine may be used to help them breath. | | | Tetanus is caused by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani. | | | It can take a few days to weeks before the person has any symptoms of tetanus. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/2478
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| | DHSS, CD, Tetanus |
| | A clinically compatible case, with or without laboratory isolation of Clostridium tetani as reported by a health care professional. | | | The disease is caused by an exotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani, which grows in the site of injury. | | | Acute onset of hypertonia and/or painful muscular contractions (primarily of the jaw and neck muscles) and generalized muscle spasms following the contamination of a wound with Clostridium tetani. |
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http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/cd_tetanus.htm
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| | Understanding Tetanus -- the Basics |
| | Tetanus is a dangerous nerve ailment caused by the toxin of a common bacterium, Clostridium tetani. | | | Bacterial spores are found in soil -- most frequently in cultivated soil, least frequently in virgin soil. |
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http://my.webmd.com/content/article/7/1680_53926.htm
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| | Bacteria, gram positive bacilli |
| | Or possibly because of the difficulty in remebering that it causes, "pseudomembranous colitis." Probably some people have known of someone who had strong antimicrobial therapy to clean out their intestines for one reason or another who ended up with a nasty form of enteritis caused by C. | | | Clostridium perfringens is an invasive pathogen which posesses a, "huge array of invasins and toxins," http://www.bact.wisc.edu/MicrotextBook/disease/botulism.htmlcauses wound and surgical infections and also severe uterine infections, especially when coat hangers are used for abortions. | | | Clostridium difficile They probably named them, "difficile," because they are difficult. |
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http://www.buddycom.com/bacteria/gpr.html
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| | Clostridium_tetani |
| | This disease is successfully controlled through immunisation with tetanus toxoid; nevertheless, according to the World Health Organization, an estimated 400,000 cases still occur each year, mainly of neonatal tetanus. | | | The manifestation of the disease, spastic paralysis, is caused by the second most poisonous substance known, the tetanus toxin, with a human lethal dose of approximately 1 ng/kg. | | | The causative agent of tetanus disease is Clostridium tetani, an anaerobic Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, whose natural habitat is soil, dust, and the intestinal tracts of various animals and which enters the host through wound sites. |
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/genomes/bacteria/Clostridium_tetani
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| | clostridium - definition of clostridium by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | genus Clostridium - anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung | | | Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, chiefly anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, such as the nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in soil and those causing botulism and tetanus. |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clostridium
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| | NOVA Killer Disease on Campus Tetanus PBS |
| | With a toxoid vaccine, the goal is to condition the immune system to combat not an invading virus or bacteria but rather a toxin produced by that invading virus or bacteria. | | | Tetanus is a disease caused by toxins created by the bacteria Clostridium tetani. | | | While in the growth medium, the bacterial cells produce the toxin, which are toxic molecules that are often released by the cells. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/meningitis/vacc_tetanus.html
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| | tetani, which are ubiquitous in dust, are injected into the tissue along with other organisms. | | | The aerobic organisms grow initially until the redox potential of the tissue is low. |
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http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/tritzid/tetanus.htm
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