Kansenshōgaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
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Kansenshogaku Zasshi · Jan 2013
Case Reports[Clostridium tetani isolated from patients with systemic tetanus].
Clostridium tetani is widely distributed in ground or mud, especially in field and pond-shore surface layers. C. tetani is rarely isolated from specimens of patients with tetanus, and is generally diagnosed based on clinical symptoms such as trismus or general tonic spasms. ⋯ Rapid gram staining information in the bacteriology laboratory is expected to improve recovery from C. tetani infection. It is therefore necessary to ensure clinical specimen quality control, and to keep standard strains of rare bacteria for isolation and identification.