Humans as Reservoir for Enterotoxin Gene–carrying Clostridium perfringens Type A

Humans as Reservoir for Enterotoxin Gene–carrying Clostridium perfringens Type A

We found a prevalence of 18% for enterotoxin gene–carrying (cpe+) Clostridium perfringens in the feces of healthy food handlers by PCR and isolated the organism from 11 of 23 PCR-positive persons by using hydrophobic grid membrane filter-colony hybridization. Several different cpe genotypes were rec...

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Main Authors: Annamari Heikinheimo, Miia Lindström, Per Einar Granum, Hannu Korkeala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
cpe
Clostridium perfringens
epidemiology
feces
type A
plasmid
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/11/06-0478_article

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