Clostridium perfringes food poisoning
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Outbreak of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning.
An outbreak of diarrhoea occurred at a 647-bedded long-stay hospital from 11 to 14 June 1989. Fifty-eight elderly residents developed symptoms and there were two deaths. The organism was identified as Clostridium perfringens type A, serotype TW23. The source of the outbreak was found to be inadequately reheated minced beef served at lunchtime on 11 June. The reason why only 4 of the possible 16...
متن کاملa survey of clostridium botulinum in food poisoning in iran
food-borne botulism is one of the dangerous food poisonings in human in the world. the specimens of 115 patients (serum and stool) with clinical symptoms of botulism, who were inpatient and outpatient were collected at some medical centers in tehran and other areas of iran, between april 1984 to august 1994. in this survey, specimens of 73 patients showed the toxin and spore of c.botulinum. clo...
متن کاملAn outbreak of Clostridium welchii toxin food poisoning.
THE Public Health Laboratory Service reports (1955 and 1956) show a steadily increasing annual incidence of notified food poisoning. Clostridium welchii caused only 1 per cent of all incidents, i.e. outbreaks, family outbreaks and sporadic cases, in 1956, but was responsible for 12 per cent of the total number of outbreaks, an increase of 3 per cent on the previous year's figures. One cannot sa...
متن کاملDistribution of neuraminidase among food-poisoning strains of Clostridium perfringens.
A survey was made to determine the distribution of the enzyme neuraminidase among 76 strains of Clostridium perfringens. Representative strains from each toxigenic type (A to F) and atypical C. perfringens type A food-poisoning strains of both American and English (Hobbs types) origin were tested. Both the American food-poisoning and nonfood-poisoning associated cultures consisted of both neura...
متن کاملThe story of Clostridium botulinum: from food poisoning to Botox.
In the last fifty years, Clostridium botulinum has become notorious for its ability to produce the deadly botulinum neurotoxins. While botulinum toxin A, better known as Botox, is universally recognised by the public as a cosmetic enhancement tool, the botulinum neurotoxins are commonly used off-label for many medical conditions in ophthalmology, neurology and dermatology. The versatility of th...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761973000100012