clostridiosis

English

Etymology

From clostridium +‎ -osis.

Noun

clostridiosis (plural clostridioses)

1. (biology, medicine, noncount) Infection with a clostridium.
2. (biology, medicine, count) An instance of such infection; an infection with a clostridium.
   • 1981, M. Wierup, J.A. DiPietro, “Bacteriologic examination of equine fecal flora as a diagnostic tool for equine intestinal clostridiosis”, in American Journal of Veterinary Research, volume 42, number 12, →PMID, pages 2167–2169:

     Of the sick horses, equine intestinal clostridiosis was diagnosed in 2 horses with large C perfringens counts (10⁴ to 10⁷ colony-forming units/g) and with acute diarrhea.