Clostridium spiroforme on microscopy
- anaerobic Gram positive "rod" growing in blood culture
- the "C. dificile" of domestic rabbits
Identified via 16s sequencing, from blood culture, this helical coiling Gram positive "rod" is Clostridium spiroforme. 
Patient had w/ recurrent pouchitis (colon surgery).

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd

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Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD · 4 years ago
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