Bacterium
clostridium septicum
Subclass of:
Clostridium
Definitions related to clostridium septicum:
  • A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is sporeforming, hemolytic, produces exotoxins and is lecithinase, lipase, indole and urease negative. C. septicum is highly pathogenic; infection is most commonly associated with paraneoplastic syndrome and it is also a causative agent of gas gangrene.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae. Infections have a strong association with malignancies and also with GAS GANGRENE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium septicum.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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