Clostridium perfringens is a gram positive, rod shaped bacteria that is often associated with food poisoning and gas gangrene. C. perfringens is most frequently responsible for released toxins and enzymes that cause tissue damage. These conditions are known as anaerobic cellulitis, myonecrosis, or gas gangrene. Other clostridia that are occasionally responsible include C. novyi and C. septicum, and others on very rare occasions....
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Ever wondered how people manage to reach any kind of meaningful age without suffering a terrible and agonizing death due to an infection caused by some or the other strange and exotic bug?
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