Clostridial toxins: potent poisons, potent medicines
Clostridium is an anaerobic bacterial genus. The clostridia produce more protein toxins than any other bacterial genus and are a rich reservoir of toxins for research and medicinal uses. Clostridia are widely spread in the environment: soil, dust and water, presenting more than 120 described species...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c421d4733503450f9c67a7d31ced752a 2023-05-15T15:02:40+02:00 Clostridial toxins: potent poisons, potent medicines L. Baldassi 2005-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992005000400002 https://doaj.org/article/c421d4733503450f9c67a7d31ced752a EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992005000400002 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 doi:10.1590/S1678-91992005000400002 1678-9199 https://doaj.org/article/c421d4733503450f9c67a7d31ced752a Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 391-411 (2005) Clostridiosis Clostridium spp toxins Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2005 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992005000400002 2023-01-08T01:30:10Z Clostridium is an anaerobic bacterial genus. The clostridia produce more protein toxins than any other bacterial genus and are a rich reservoir of toxins for research and medicinal uses. Clostridia are widely spread in the environment: soil, dust and water, presenting more than 120 described species, although few can cause diseases. Diseases can grossly be divided into neurotropic disorders (nervous system is primarily affected), enterotoxemias (affecting intestinal tract and parenchymatous organs), and gas gangrene (myonecrosis with toxemia). Undoubtedly the most widely recognized infection due to anaerobes was clostridial myonecrosis, but recently interest has arisen for the role of clostridia in intestinal diseases. This report describes the most important species, the diseases caused by them, and their occurrence in Brazil, focusing on cattle raising. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 11 4 391 411 |
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Clostridium is an anaerobic bacterial genus. The clostridia produce more protein toxins than any other bacterial genus and are a rich reservoir of toxins for research and medicinal uses. Clostridia are widely spread in the environment: soil, dust and water, presenting more than 120 described species, although few can cause diseases. Diseases can grossly be divided into neurotropic disorders (nervous system is primarily affected), enterotoxemias (affecting intestinal tract and parenchymatous organs), and gas gangrene (myonecrosis with toxemia). Undoubtedly the most widely recognized infection due to anaerobes was clostridial myonecrosis, but recently interest has arisen for the role of clostridia in intestinal diseases. This report describes the most important species, the diseases caused by them, and their occurrence in Brazil, focusing on cattle raising. |
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