Diagnostic spectrum
Investigation of other clostridia on request.
General information
Clostridia are obligate anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacilli. Pathogenic clostridia cause infectious and intoxication diseases; the latter through enterotoxins and neurotoxins. Clostridioides difficile, formerly classified as Clostridia and named Clostridium difficile, was assigned to the genus Clostridioides.