Clostridium perfringen s Type A Strains Carrying a Plasmid-Borne Enterotoxin Gene (Genotype IS 1151 - cpe or IS 1470 -like- cpe ) as a Common Cause of Food Poisoning
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 46 (1) , 371-373
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01650-07
Abstract
The prevalences of various genotypes of enterotoxin gene-carrying (cpe-positive) Clostridium perfringens type A in 24 different food poisoning outbreaks were 75% (chromosomal IS1470-cpe), 21% (plasmid-borne IS1470-like-cpe), and 4% (plasmid-borne IS1151-cpe). These results show that C. perfringens type A carrying the plasmid-borne cpe is a common cause of food poisoning.Keywords
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