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Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients

Clostridium perfringens food poisoning can be fatal in patients with chronic constipation. We report the investigation and management of a probable outbreak of C. perfringens food poisoning among psychiatric patients in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2013.

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Autores principales: Bamford, Colleen, Milligan, Peter, Kaliski, Sean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7081833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32201630
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1339
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spelling pubmed-70818332020-03-20 Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients Bamford, Colleen Milligan, Peter Kaliski, Sean S Afr J Psychiatr Scientific Letter Clostridium perfringens food poisoning can be fatal in patients with chronic constipation. We report the investigation and management of a probable outbreak of C. perfringens food poisoning among psychiatric patients in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2013. AOSIS 2019-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7081833/ /pubmed/32201630 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1339 Text en © 2019. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients
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title_short Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients
title_sort dangers of clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7081833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32201630
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1339
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