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    Clostridium perfringens (formerly known as C. welchii, or Bacillus welchii) is a Gram-positive, bacillus (rod-shaped), anaerobic, spore-forming pathogenic...
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    detection of C. perfringens and other pathogenic bacteria. Clostridium species are readily found inhabiting soils and intestinal tracts. Clostridium species are...
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    Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin is a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) and is responsible for gas gangrene and...
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  • that cause the outbreak which had affected over 700 people as Clostridium perfringens. This food borne outbreak has been called the worst incident to...
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  • in the colostrum. Clostridium perfringens beta toxin shows significant genetic homology with several other toxins. C. perfringens beta toxin shows 28%...
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    septicum can cause gas gangrene, but unlike other Clostridium species like Clostridium perfringens, no trauma is necessary at the site of the infection...
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    the large clostridial cytotoxin (LCC) family. Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin (α-toxin) C. perfringens alpha toxin is widely associated with gas gangrene...
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    tetanus; and Clostridium perfringens, commonly found in wound infections and diarrhea cases. The major virulence factor of C. perfringens is the CPE enterotoxin...
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    gangrene, the tissue is infected by saprogenic microorganisms (Clostridium perfringens or Bacillus fusiformis, for example), which cause tissue to swell...
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    calicivirus. Other less common pathogens include Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridioides difficile, and Staphylococcus aureus. Campylobacter...
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    Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and Clostridium perfringens. Out of the four organisms, Staphylococcus aureus is the most affected...
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  • of Clostridium clostridioforme, Clostridium innocuum, and Clostridium ramosum compared with those of clinical isolates of Clostridium perfringens". Journal...
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    can lead to secondary Guillain–Barré syndrome and periodontitis Clostridium perfringens, the "cafeteria germ" Salmonella spp. – its S. typhimurium infection...
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    genes encoding non-toxic haemagglutinin (NTNH) and genes encoding Clostridium perfringens toxins (alpha, beta, epsilon and iota) has been demonstrated by...
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    2015). "The inhibitory effects of sorbate and benzoate against Clostridium perfringens type A isolates". Food Microbiology. 48: 89–98. doi:10.1016/j.fm...
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  • (unpasteurised—live yeast) ginger beer kefir sourdough starter Clostridium perfringens producing hydrogen found in salt-rising bread Chemical leavens...
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    identified by the SCOP database. Clostridioides difficile Clostridium perfringens (Clostridium enterotoxin) Vibrio cholerae (Cholera toxin) Staphylococcus...
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    The genes encoding alpha-toxin (Clostridium perfringens), Bacillus cereus PLC (BC-PLC), and PLCs from Clostridium bifermentans and Listeria monocytogenes...
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  • are infected with both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria such as Clostridium perfringens. It can also result from infections caused by group A streptococcus...
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    pathogenic Clostridium species such as C. botulinum and C. perfringens. The closest relative to C. tetani is C. cochlearium. Other Clostridium species can...
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    Clostridium botulinum is a gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce botulinum toxin, which is...
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    than carbon dioxide, which explains the dense white crumb. The Clostridium perfringens found in these bacteria-risen breads are considered non-pathogenic...
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  • soil saprophytes. A number of Clostridium species are pathogenic to humans. Members including C. botulinium, C. perfringens, and C. septicum are spore-forming...
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  • potentially fatal type of food poisoning caused by a β-toxin of Clostridium perfringens, Type C. It occurs in some developing regions, particularly in...
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  • Chlamydia trachomatis, Escherichia coli, Mycoplasma hominis, Clostridium perfringens, Klebsiella and Proteus species, staphylococcal strains, and other...
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    predisposes to necrotizing fasciitis or necrotizing cellulitis from Clostridium perfringens, while deep intramuscular injection predisposes to necrotizing...
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  • bacteria: Clostridium chauvoei Clostridium haemolyticum Clostridium novyi Clostridium perfringens Clostridium septicum Clostridium sordellii Clostridium tetani...
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    Bacteroides species, Prevotella species) Clostridium species (Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium septicum, and Clostridium sordellii) In polymicrobial (mixed)...
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  • Escherichia coli; Vibrio cholerae (causative agent of cholera); Clostridium perfringens (common causative agent of food poisoning as well as gas gangrene)...
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  • can be produced by Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Listeria monocytogenes. C. perfringens alpha toxin (lecithinase)...
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