Osteosynthesis-Associated Bone Infection Caused by a Nonproteolytic, Nontoxigenic Clostridium botulinum-Like Strain

AUTOR(ES)

Carlier, Jean-Philippe

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

A nonproteolytic, nontoxigenic Clostridium botulinum strain identified by conventional and molecular techniques as type B-, E-, or F-like (BEF-like) was isolated from a human postsurgical wound. All previous reports of such strains have been from environmental sources. Since toxin production is the main taxonomic denominator for C. botulinum, a new name is needed for nonproteolytic, nontoxigenic BEF-like clinical isolates.

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