Antibiotic for Tooth Infection. If you have a tooth infection, or a tooth abscess, you may be given a prescription for an antibiotic. These tooth infections are important to treat, because uncontrolled, they can spread to close off breathing passages or spread to the brain. There are various types of antibiotics used for oral infections.
Clostridium in Dogs. ... Clostridium is a bacterial infection that affects dogs and will manifest mainly through diarrhea. There are 2 main types of clostridium bacteria that are more frequently met in dogs: the clostridium perfringens and clostridium difficile. The infection is typically treated with a course of antibiotics.
Safe Care. Campaign. Clostridia are motile bacteria that are ubiquitous in nature and are especially prevalent in soil. Under the microscope after Gram staining, they appear as long drumsticks with a bulge located at their terminal ends. Clostridium difficile cells are Gram positive. Clostridium shows optimum growth when plated on blood agar at human body temperatures. When the environment becomes stressed, however, the bacteria produce spores that tolerate the extreme conditions that the active bacteria cannot.