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Descriptions

Clostridium tetani is a bacterium of the genus Clostridium. Like other Clostridium species, it is Gram-positive, resembling tennis rackets or drumsticks. In 1884, the strychnine-like toxin of tetanus was isolated from free-living, anaerobic soil bacteria and shortly thereafter, in 1890, a vaccine was developed using tetanus toxoid. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Clostridium tetani (Wikipedia)

The cause of tetanus in humans and domestic animals. It is commonly found in human and horse intestines as well as soil. Two components make up its potent exotoxin activity, a neurotoxin and a hemolytic toxin. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Clostridium tetani
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
C tetani

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Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 破伤风梭菌
Synonyms: Tet;强痉;强直;破伤风;破伤风梭状芽孢杆菌;破伤风梭状芽胞杆菌;破伤风症;破伤风芽孢梭菌
fr-CA French (Canada) Clostridium tetani
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Clostridium tetani
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Clostridium tetani
it-IT Italian (Italy) Clostridium tetani
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Clostridium tetani
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Clostridium tetani
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) Clostridium tetani
fr-BE French (Belgium) Clostridium tetani
pl-PL Polish (Poland) Clostridium tetani
Synonyms: Clostridium tetani