"Clostridium perfringens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The most common etiologic agent of GAS GANGRENE. It is differentiable into several distinct types based on the distribution of twelve different toxins.
| Descriptor ID |
D003016
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.300.390.400.200.575 B03.510.415.400.200.575
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