Here’s everything experts need you to know. Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that produces botulinum toxin, the neurotoxin that causes botulism, says Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, Chief of the ...

Dr. Louise McNitt, deputy health officer with Contra Costa County Health Services, said the deaths and illnesses were caused by bacteria named Clostridium perfringens. “Clostridium is one of the ...

It’s produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and sometimes by strains of Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium baratii. The rod-shaped bacteria are commonly found in soil and sediments ...

Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens. At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February ...

A new antibiotic is not only more effective than our first-line treatments for Clostridium difficile infections, but it also significantly reduces the risk of reinfection, according to studies in ...

Clostridium difficile infections may have a friend in fungi. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 30, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 08 / 190828140108.htm ...

Two epidemic, phylogenetically distant lineages of Clostridium difficile recently emerged and have been linked to increased virulence and mortality. Collins et al. show that two epidemic ribotypes ...

Injection of collagenase clostridium histolyticum, an office-based, nonsurgical option, may reduce joint contractures caused by Dupuytren's disease. We enrolled 308 patients with joint ...