Treatment
If detected on clinical ground, treatment should begin without waiting for lab results. Traumatic wounds should be cleaned. Wounds that cannot be cleaned should not be stitched shut. Penicillin prophylaxis kills many clostridia, and is thus useful for dirty wounds and lower leg amputations. A high infectious dose is required; the carrier state persists for several days.
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