Clostridium

Annotated Bibliography: Decreasing the risk of Clostridium Difficile (CDIFF) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2015) Clostridium difficile Infection http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/organisms/cdiff/Cdiff_infect.html This particular site by the CDC summarizes all the Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs), the organism that cause the disease and its data and statistics. Then it breaks down each infection one by one with an easy to read fact sheet. This is a great resource that merely…

Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is an acute and potentially life-threatening infection caused by toxins released from the bacteria Clostridium tetani. It is commonly found in soil, fecal matter and dust in areas that tend to by hot and humid. The bacteria enter the body through open wounds or cuts, causing bacterial infection in those that have not been vaccinated or have not received the proper vaccination. Tdap should be administered in three doses during normal childhood vaccinations and it…

Clostridium perfringens is typically found in soil and if this is eaten or coming in contact with the animal it can cause variety of diseases, especially in domestic animals. These diseases include different enteric syndromes such as bovine and ovine enterotoxemia, fowl necrotic enteritis, and lamb dysentery. Strains of most toxin types like alpha and beta toxin have been involved in necrotic enteritis beta toxin is caused by type-C strains. The pulpy kidney disease is caused by type-D strains…

Clostridium Botulinum is a gram positive, motile bacterium with the ability to produce the neurotoxin botulinum. Clostridium Botulism can cause placcid paralysis, where muscles become limp and cannot contract. Clostridium Botulinum is a potentially fatal micro intoxication, which is a food poisoning microorganism that can cause health problems. Clostridium Botulinum is odor less and taste less and only a small amount needs to be consumed to be fatal. Clostridium Botulinum can be transmitted by…

bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi that cause diseases by spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. One infectious disease is Clostridium difficile, a nasty bacterium that affects the digestive system, specifically the colon. A disease that can start of pretty mild and lead to life-threatening inflammation of the colon. Clostridium difficile is a bacterial infection in the digestive system which has the same symptoms as colitis (inflammation of the colon). C. difficile is…

Clostridium botulinum (Botulism) Principles of Microbiology - Section 006 Maritzabel Barajas Audra Melton Introduction Botulism is an often times fatal disease which attacks the nervous system causing paralysis. (Sterba) The bacteria Clostridium Botulinum makes the neurotoxin that causes the partly deadly disease. Although the occurrence is rare, this disease is of great concern because when it happens it can have a high fatality rate. (Gale) The bacteria name comes from the Latin word…

are classified as hospital-acquired infections, because the individual becomes infected after visiting or staying in a health care facility (Ducel et al., 2002). One of the most common hospital-acquired infections that a patient may obtain is a Clostridium difficile infection. Such infections cause 12 percent of all hospital-acquired infections. Patients who are often at risk for this infection are those that have prolonged use of antibiotics, a history…

form of food poisoning caused by the microorganism Clostridium botulinum. Clostridium botulinum is a gram-positive bacterium, bacillus in shape, and is an obligate anaerobe.1 The bacterium can produce endospores, making it resistant to microbial control methods. Clostridium botulinum survives in nonliving reservoirs1 . It is commonly found in soil and large bodies of water. The classification of the bacteria is shown below in table 1. Clostridium botulinum is very harmful to humans in that it…

Tetanus is a rather serious bacterial infection that is caused when the bacterium Clostridium tetani enters the body, generally through an open wound of some kind. Widely considered to be a disease directly related to cleanliness, Clostridium tetani is commonly contracted when an open wound comes into contact with dirt, animal feces or manure. It is a disease that can be traced back throughout human history for several thousand years, often taking the form of some sort of religious “possession”…

Bio II Bacteria Paper: Clostridium Botulinum Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium that causes the illness, in humans known as botulism (Smith and Sugiyama, 1988). It produces a potent neurotoxin called botulinum toxin that causes botulism or foodborne botulism. The spores are heat resistant and can survive in foods that are incorrectly or poorly processed (FDA). There are seven recognized types of botulism (A-G) but only A, B, E, and F cause human…