title: Clostridium perfringens type A strains carrying a plasmid-borne enterotoxin gene (genotype IS1151-cpe or IS1470-like-cpe) as a common cause of food poisoning.
abstract: The prevalences of various genotypes of enterotoxin gene-carrying (cpe-positive) Clostridium perfringens type A in 24 different food poisoning outbreaks were 75% (chromosomal IS1470-cpe), 21% (plasmid-borne IS1470-like-cpe), and 4% (plasmid-borne IS1151-cpe). These results show that C. perfringens type A carrying the plasmid-borne cpe is a common cause of food poisoning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 66, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. paivi.lahti@helsinki.fi
authors.forename: Päivi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lahti
authors.forename: Annamari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heikinheimo
authors.forename: Tuula
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Hannu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korkeala
mesh_terms: D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004768:Enterotoxins