Hemipelvectomy for Clostridium septicum necrotizing soft tissue infection with extensive pelvic organ destruction: a case report [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency MedicineBackground Clostridium septicum is a highly virulent, gas-forming, anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus known to cause rapidly progressive necrotizing soft tissue infection that is often associated with gastrointestinal malignancy or immunocompromised states.
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Clostridium septicum causing aortic aneurysm, spondylodiscitis, and epidural abscess in an immunocompetent man [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Clostridium septicum is an opportunistic pathogen residing in the human gut flora. Due to its aerotolerance and production of exotoxins, dissemination is an uncommon but potentially lethal condition, often associated with underlying malignancy.
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Rapidly progressive and fatal distant spontaneous gas gangrene due to Clostridium septicum after biopsy of malignant cecal mass [PDF]
IDCases, 2021 Clostridium species are known to cause myonecrosis and gas gangrene which are often fatal infections in the setting of trauma but also spontaneously in certain populations such as colorectal malignancy, immunosuppression, and neutropenia.
Geetha Sivasubramanian
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Molecular characterization of Clostridium species associated with clostridial diseases in ruminants in northern Iran [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal ScienceClostridial infections are major causes of mortality in domestic ruminants. This study aimed to isolate and molecularly characterize Clostridium species from suspected cases of clostridial diseases in cattle and sheep in Mazandaran, northern Iran.
Naghmeh Davoudzadeh +7 more
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Immunization of turkeys with Clostridium septicum alpha toxin-based recombinant subunit proteins can confer protection against experimental Clostridial dermatitis. [PDF]
PLoS ONEClostridial dermatitis (CD), caused by Clostridium septicum, is an emerging disease of increasing economic importance in turkeys. Currently, there are no effective vaccines for CD control. Here, two non-toxic domains of C.
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Ciência Rural, 2005 Edema maligno em suíno é uma infecção fatal da musculatura esquelética e tecido subcutâneo de ruminantes e outras espécies animais, causada principalmente por Clostridium septicum, embora possa ocorrer em associação com Clostridium chauvoei, Clostridium ...
Flávia Ferreira Pinto +5 more
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Clostridium bacteremia and its implications: A case report
IDCases, 2022 Background: The Clostridium species is a gram positive, anaerobic, rod-shaped microbe that is known to produce many toxins. Most infections by the Clostridium species involve C. botulinum, C. difficile, and C. perfringens.
Sruthi Bonda +3 more
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A simple electroelution method for rapid protein purification: isolation and antibody production of alpha toxin from Clostridium septicum [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Clostridium septicum produces a number of diseases in human and farm animals which, in most of the cases, are fatal without clinical intervention. Alpha toxin is an important agent and the unique lethal virulent factor produced by Clostridium septicum ...
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Clostridium septicum sepsis and colorectal cancer - a reminder
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2009 Background Spontaneous clostridium septicum infections are rare and are associated with a high mortality. Association of clostridium infection with colorectal malignancies have been previously reported and most cases are described in tumours of the ...
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Identification of Clostridium septicum in a tubo-ovarian abscess: A rare case and review of the literature [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014 Introduction. Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) is a conglomerated mass of pelvic organs including tube, ovary, and bowel. The most commonly isolated organisms from TOAs are Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Bacteroides species. Case Report. We reported a
Yavuzcan Ali +5 more
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