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Clonal diversity of Clostridium perfringens human clinical isolates with various toxin gene profiles based on multilocus sequence typing and alpha-toxin (PLC) typing.
Anaerobe - 1 Dec 2021
Aung Meiji Soe, Matsuda Asami, Urushibara Noriko, Kawaguchiya Mitsuyo, Ohashi Nobuhide, Matsuda Norifumi, Nakamura Mayumi, Ito Masahiko, Habadera Satoshi, Matsumoto Akinori, Hirose Mina, Kobayashi Nobumichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Clostridium perfringens is a common anaerobic pathogen causing enteritis/enterocolitis and wound infections in humans. We analyzed clonal diversity and toxin gene prevalence in C. perfringens clinical isolates from humans in northern Japan. METHODS: Prevalence of nine toxin genes was analyzed for 585 C. perfringens isolates from patients collected for 20-month period between May 2019 and December 2020...
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