Direct detection ofClostridium perfringensenterotoxin in patients' stools during an outbreak of food poisoning
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 23 (1) , 45-48
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-695x.1999.tb01715.x
Abstract
An outbreak of diarrhoea in a hotel affected 25 time keepers attending the 1997 Mediterranean Games. Epidemiological investigation implicated a 'pasta al ragù' consumed at the hotel's restaurant and Clostridium perfringens food poisoning was identified by direct detection of C. perfringens enterotoxin in patients' stools. This report confirms that a careful evaluation of epidemiological features, together with the availability of direct and rapid laboratory methods, may lead to a prompt identification of C. perfringens food poisoning.Keywords
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