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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 20(9):625-632, 2016.
Incidence of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin
in retail food and human feces.
Nahed H. Ghoneim, Dalia A. Hamza.
Department of Zoonoses,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
ABSTRACT
Ghoneim NH, Hamza DA., Incidence of Clostridium perfringens
enterotoxin in retail food and humans feces, Onl J
Vet Res., 20(9):625-632, 2016. Total anaerobic
count and toxin genotype for C
perfringens isolates in 155 non-outbreak food samples from retail outlets
were tested by multiplex PCR as reservoir for poisoning in humans. Clostridium
perfringens enterotoxin in stool samples from 150 persons in contact with
same food samples were determined by ELISA. Approximately 2.6% of the tested
meat and retail meat samples were contaminated with C. perfringens. Laboratory criteria for C
perfringens in food does not include detection of chromosomally located enterotoxin gene with low count of C. perfringens. C
perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) is responsible for diarrhea and cramping
symptoms.
Keywords: Clostridium
perfringens, enterotoxin. retail food, food
poisoning.
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