Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A fecal isolates associated with human gastrointestinal diseases in the United Kingdom
Clostridium perfringens type A isolates producing enterotoxin (CPE) are an important cause of food poisoning and non-food-borne human gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, including antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD), and spontaneous diarrhea (SD). In enterotoxigenic type A isolates, the cpe gene is fou...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Language: | en_US |
| Published: |
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1957/37148 |