Characteristics of a strain of Clostridium carnis causing septicaemia in a young infant.
Clostridium carnis is a species which is only rarely isolated from man or animals and is occasionally found in the soil. This paper is an account of a single isolate found in blood cultures obtained from an 8-week-old boy who was suffering from gastroenteritis.
D003013:Clostridium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*