The biology and pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens type F: a common human enteropathogen with a new(ish) name

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SUMMARY In the 2018-revised Clostridium perfringens typing classification system, isolates carrying the enterotoxin ( cpe ) and alpha toxin genes but no other typing toxin genes are now designated as type F. Type F isolates cause food poisoning and nonfoodborne human gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, which most commonly involve type F isolates carrying, respectivefooly, a chromosomal or plasmid-borne cpe gene....

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