- Anaerobic Spore-Forming, Gram Positive Rods
- Toxicity in humans is via exotoxins and enzymes
- Neurotoxic Infections
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
- Clostridium perfringens (Gas Gangrene)
- Also the most common cause of acute Food Poisoning in U.S.
- Clostridium sordellii (Clostridial Toxic Shock Syndrome)
- Clostridium perfringens (Gas Gangrene)
- Gastrointestinal Infections
- Clostridium difficile (Pseudomembranous colitis)
- Recategorized as Clostridioides difficile in 2016
- Clostridium difficile (Pseudomembranous colitis)