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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Autores principales: Heikinheimo, Annamari, Lindström, Miia, Granum, Per Einar, Korkeala, Hannu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17283623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1211.060478

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17283623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1211.060478

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