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MeSH Heading: Clostridium Infections
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.410.222
Unique ID: D003015
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003015
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Infections with bacteria of the genus CLOSTRIDIUM and closely related CLOSTRIDIOIDES or reclassified members of Clostridium.
Entry Version: CLOSTRIDIUM INFECT
Entry Term(s): Clostridial Infection; Clostridioides Infections; Clostridioides difficile Infection; Clostridioides perfringens Food Poisoning; Clostridioides perfringens Infections; Clostridioides sordellii Infection; Clostridium difficile Infection; Clostridium difficile Infections; Clostridium perfringens Food Poisoning; Clostridium perfringens Infections; Clostridium plagarum Food Poisoning; Clostridium plagarum Infections; Clostridium sordellii Infection; Clostridium sordellii Infections; Paeniclostridium sordellii Infections; Paraclostridium sordelli Infections
Previous Indexing: Clostridium (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68; HEMOGLOBINURIA, BACILLARY was heading 1968-81
Online Note: use CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS /VE to search HEMOGLOBINURIA, BACILLARY 1968-81
History Note: 68; HEMOGLOBINURIA, BACILLARY was heading 1968-81
Date Introduced: 1968/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Clostridium Infections MeSH Descriptor Data 2026