Density and Distribution of <I>C. tetani</I> in the Ground

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  • EBISAWA Isao
    Department of Public Health, Toho University School of Medicine
  • TAKAYANAGI Makiko
    Department of Public Health, Toho University School of Medicine
  • KURATA Mariko
    Department of Public Health, Toho University School of Medicine
  • KIGAWA Mika
    Department of Public Health, Toho University School of Medicine

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  • 土壌中の破傷風菌の密度と分布
  • ドジョウチュウ ノ ハショウフウキン ノ ミツド ト ブンプ
  • Density and Distribution of C. tetani in the Ground

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1) 37 strains of C. tetani were isolated from 100 soil specimens collected on the surface of the ground of various places. Tetanus toxin was demonstrated in another 14 samples. Ten strains of C. tetaniwere isolated from 1 mg of earth. Tetanus toxin was demonstrated in 0.1 mg of an earth sample collected at a place. The patient who was injured at this place developed tetanus after his wound was cleaned and sutured by a surgeon.<BR>2) C. tetani was isolated from all 10 samples of earth collected at this place and 50 cm apart one after another 2 years and 7 months later.<BR>3) C. tetani does not remain at the same place in the same quantity. C. tetani can be isolated more readily from the soil samples collected on the surface of than deep in the ground.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 60 (4), 277-282, 1986

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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