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mehndi · Credits: 17560 My Scrapbook

Question "Citron bodies" are formed by ?
A) Clostridium welchii
B) Clostridium oedematiens
C) Clostridium septicum
D) Clostridium histolyticum

drsmita_s · Credits: 18609 My Scrapbook

answer is option c) clostridium septicum.

reference is website of Geocities.

some info:
these r Gram positive bacilli .
one of the gas gangrene group of clostridia .
also occurs in the human intestine where it is usually harmless .
Smears from the liver show long filamentous forms and citron bodies .

drsmita_s · Credits: 18609 My Scrapbook

dr mehndi, can u please tell what is the answer given? this was the only reference i was able to find on net and cudn't find any book reference.
anyone having jawetz, please check it up, if it has some reference.

mehndi · Credits: 17560 My Scrapbook

ya dr smitha ...... u r right

dr_vittal · Credits: 461 My Scrapbook

citron bodies and boat or leaf shaped pleomorphic bacilli with irregular staining suggest cl.septicum.
ref.ananthnarayan,6th edition.page:237

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vladimir · Credits: 12142 My Scrapbook

its septicum

midhuns · Credits: 1181 My Scrapbook

clostridium septicum

niyati2002 · Credits: 5492 My Scrapbook

cl. septicum is most common clostria ass. wth cancer>>>

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