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The rapid identification of Clostridium perfringens as the possible aetiology of a diarrhoeal outbreak using PCR.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Aug 2008
Loh J P, Liu Y C, Chew S W, Ong E S, Fam J M, Ng Y Y, Taylor M B, Ooi E E
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A gastroenteritis outbreak occurred in a military camp where a laboratory and epidemiological investigation was carried out. The early onset of symptoms indicated probable food contamination with Clostridium perfringens. Stool samples collected from affected patients were tested within 4 h via real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of the C. perfringens plc gene. Ten out of the 12 stool...
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