My Account
Clostridial bacteria are anaerobic and usually cause diseases by producing a toxin. Tetanus, botulism, and gas gangrene are examples diseases caused by clostridium.
Clostridium perfringens is found in soil and in the intestines of humans and animals. In contaminated food, it produces a toxin that causes a form of food poisoning.
Pseudomembranous colitis is a complication of antibiotic therapy caused when a normal intestinal bacteria, Clostridium difficile, overgrows. The antibiotic kills other normal intestinal bacteria that keep Clostridium difficile in check.
Tetanus is caused by the toxin of the bacterium Clostridium tetani, which is found in soil nearly everywhere.