Clostridium perfringens type C causing necrotising enteritis.

Clostridium perfringens type C causing necrotising enteritis.

A rapidly fatal case of enteritis necroticans in a 24 year old man with diabetes was caused by Clostridium perfringens type C. The role of beta toxin in the disease is discussed. This type has not been previously described as a causative agent in necrotising bowel disease of man outside endemic areas.

NetF-positive Clostridium perfringens in neonatal foal necrotising enteritis in Kentucky.

TYPE A Clostridium perfringens has been associated with necrotising enteritis in 1–14-day-old foals in Kentucky (Donahue and Williams 2002, Timoney and others 2005) but the pathogenesis of the disease is not well understood, in part because few affected foals die and thus the availability of postmortem samples is rare. An autogenous bacterin-toxoid vaccine utilising a C. perfringens Type A stra...

Diagnosis of Clostridium perfringens type A enteritis in piglets

A 120-sow,continuously farrowing swine unit from Minnesota experienced an epidemic of diarrhea in 1to 3-day-old pigs. Clinical illness, which usually began shortly after birth, was characterized by high morbidity (nearly 100%)and negligible mortality « 1%).Diarrheic pigs remained vigorous, continued to nurse, and recovered spontaneously in 4-5 days. Diarrhea was clinically unresponsive to treat...

Immunization of broiler chickens against Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis.

Necrotic enteritis (NE) in broiler chickens is caused by Clostridium perfringens. Currently, no vaccine against NE is available and immunity to NE is not well characterized. Our previous studies showed that immunity to NE followed oral infection by virulent rather than avirulent C. perfringens strains and identified immunogenic secreted proteins apparently uniquely produced by virulent C. perfr...

Clostridium perfringens the causal agent of necrotic enteritis in poultry