Emerging and Reemerging Clostridia in Human Diseases
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Background During the past decade, considerable attention was directed toward the emergence and reemergence of various viral, fungal, parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases as significant threats to public health. (6, 14) Included among the published lists of specific infectious diseases and agents are those caused by several aerobic bacterial pathogens, with no or only limited recognition of new threats posed by anaerobes. (17, 20) Recently, species of the genus Clostridium (sporeforming anaerobes) have gained recognition either through a dramatic increase in their incidence, or by a threat of increased incidence in the near future.
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