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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Tissue and fluid cultures and [[Gram stain]] of fluid to test for [[Clostridium]] bacteria can be done. Blood cultures can be done to determine the bacteria causing the [[infection]]. | Tissue and fluid cultures and [[Gram stain]] of fluid to test for [[Clostridium]] bacteria can be done. Blood cultures can be done to determine the bacteria causing the [[infection]]. | ||
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Image: Clostridium perfringens13.jpeg| This strip of API® wells was inoculated with Clostridium perfringens. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Clostridium perfringens12.jpeg| Clostridium perfringens colonies cultured on a half-antitoxin plate. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Clostridium perfringens11.jpeg| F. mortiferum and C. perfringens, with E. coli and P. vulgaris inhibited, grown on 48hr PEA agar. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Clostridium perfringens10.jpeg| This MacConkey plate grew colonies of Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium mortiferum, P. vulgaris, but not C. perfringens. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Clostridium perfringens09.jpeg| This culture dish grew E. coli, F. mortiferum, P. vulgaris, and C. perfringens bacterial colonies. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Clostridium perfringens07.jpeg| Photograph depicts a colony of Clostridium sp. Gram-positive bacteria, which had been grown on a 4% blood agar plate (BAP) over a 48 hour time period. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Clostridium perfringens01.jpeg| Image depicts a Minitek® (BD Biosciences) anaerobe identification kit, used to identify specific bacterial species based on their microchemical behavior. All the wells except for the four empty wells in row four had been inoculated with Gram-positive Clostridium perfringens bacteria. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Tissue and fluid cultures and Gram stain of fluid to test for Clostridium bacteria can be done. Blood cultures can be done to determine the bacteria causing the infection.
Gallery
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This strip of API® wells was inoculated with Clostridium perfringens. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Clostridium perfringens colonies cultured on a half-antitoxin plate. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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F. mortiferum and C. perfringens, with E. coli and P. vulgaris inhibited, grown on 48hr PEA agar. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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This MacConkey plate grew colonies of Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium mortiferum, P. vulgaris, but not C. perfringens. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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This culture dish grew E. coli, F. mortiferum, P. vulgaris, and C. perfringens bacterial colonies. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Photograph depicts a colony of Clostridium sp. Gram-positive bacteria, which had been grown on a 4% blood agar plate (BAP) over a 48 hour time period. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Image depicts a Minitek® (BD Biosciences) anaerobe identification kit, used to identify specific bacterial species based on their microchemical behavior. All the wells except for the four empty wells in row four had been inoculated with Gram-positive Clostridium perfringens bacteria. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]