Clostridium perfringens is a causative agent of food-borne gastroenteritis for which C.
perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) has been considered an essential factor. Recently, we …

BACKGROUND: The aim of our research was to investigate the role of enterotoxin-
producing anaerobic bacteria other than Clostridium difficile in the etiology of antibiotic …

Three cases of Clostridium aldenense bacteremia are reported. C. aldenense is also
associated with intra-abdominal infections and closely resembles Clostridium …

Clostridium perfringens, a rapid-growing pathogen known to secrete an arsenal of> 20
virulent toxins, has been associated with intestinal diseases in both animals and humans …

Clostridia represent a diverse group of spore-forming gram positive anaerobes that include
several pathogenic species. In general, diseases caused by clostridia are a result of …

Objective: Rare disease Background: Clostridium perfringens (CP), one of several clostridial
species gram-positive bacteria, is a major cause of animal necrosis enteritis and traumatic …

Globally, the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens causes severe disease in a wide
array of hosts; however, C. perfringens strains are also carried asymptomatically. Accessory …

Background. Oral metronidazole has been recommended for treatment of mild-to-moderate
Clostridium difficile–associated disease (CDAD), in part because of concern that use of …

Of the 200 Clostridium spp. known to exist, approximately 30 have been associated with
human disease. Commonly found in soil, marine sediment and mammalian intestinal tracts …

Daptomycin (DAP), a last-resort antibiotic for treating Gram-positive bacterial infection, has
been widely used in the treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Resistance to …