Organisms

Clostridium tetani

The cause of TETANUS in humans and domestic animals. It is a common inhabitant of human and horse intestines as well as soil. Two components make up its potent exotoxin activity, a neurotoxin and a hemolytic toxin.

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The cause of TETANUS in humans and domestic animals. It is a common inhabitant of human and horse intestines as well as soil. Two components make up its potent exotoxin activity, a neurotoxin and a hemolytic toxin.

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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infection = TETANUS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Clostridium tetani. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003017. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003017
  2. Clostridium tetani. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_tetani
  3. Clostridium tetani. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309471