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Clostridia | Toxin | Disease |
Gastrointestinal tract | ||
| Enterotoxin | Food intoxication, diarrhea, sudden infant death |
Beta toxin | Necrotic enteritis | |
| Ted A + Ted B | Antibiotic-associated diarrhea + colitis |
| Alpha | Intestinal myonecrosis |
| BoNT/A, B, E | Human botulism |
Wound-related diseases | ||
| alfa toxin | Gangrene, Puerperal sepsis |
| Tcsl, Tcstl | Gangrene |
| TeNT | Tetanus |
| Alpha-novyi | Gangrene |
| BoNT/A + B | Wound botulism |
* Adapted from Popoff MR, Bouvel P; Future Microbio 2009; 4: 1021[9] | ||
TeNT - Tetanus toxin; BoNT - Botulinum neurotoxin; TcsH - C. sordellii hemorrhagic toxic; TcsL - C. sordellii lethal toxin; TcdA, alpha-toxin; TedB - Beta toxin |
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Clostridia | Toxin | Disease |
Gastrointestinal tract | ||
| Enterotoxin | Food intoxication, diarrhea, sudden infant death |
Beta toxin | Necrotic enteritis | |
| Ted A + Ted B | Antibiotic-associated diarrhea + colitis |
| Alpha | Intestinal myonecrosis |
| BoNT/A, B, E | Human botulism |
Wound-related diseases | ||
| alfa toxin | Gangrene, Puerperal sepsis |
| Tcsl, Tcstl | Gangrene |
| TeNT | Tetanus |
| Alpha-novyi | Gangrene |
| BoNT/A + B | Wound botulism |
* Adapted from Popoff MR, Bouvel P; Future Microbio 2009; 4: 1021[9] | ||
TeNT - Tetanus toxin; BoNT - Botulinum neurotoxin; TcsH - C. sordellii hemorrhagic toxic; TcsL - C. sordellii lethal toxin; TcdA, alpha-toxin; TedB - Beta toxin |
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