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... > Bacteria > Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Clostridium > Clostridium perfringens
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Clostridium > Clostridium perfringens
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Clostridium > Clostridium perfringens
... > Bacteria > Firmicutes > Clostridiales > Clostridiaceae > Clostridium > Clostridium perfringens

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Clostridium perfringens  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Clostridium welchii

Note

  • infection = GAS GANGRENE if in text; otherwise coord IM with CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • The most common etiologic agent of GAS GANGRENE. It is differentiable into several distinct types based on the distribution of twelve different toxins.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003016

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