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Clostridium - Coggle Diagram

- - - - histolytic toxins
      - enterotoxins
  - - - botulinum
        
        neurotoxin
        
        botulism
      - difficile
        
        cytotoxin
        
        soft-tissue infections, food poisoning, enteritis necroticans, septicemia
      - tetani
        
        Tetanus
      - perfringens
- - - - physiological properties
        
        boxcar shape
        
        double hemolysis zone
        
        absence of wbc and platelets in specimens
      - virulent factors
        
        alpha toxin
        
        phospholipase c that causes RBC and leukocyte hemolysis
        
        beta toxin
        
        intestinal stasis and loss of mucosa
        
        enterotoxin
        
        made during sporulation
        
        superantigen
      - clinical significance