Case Reports in Critical Care, 2021 Clostridium perfringens is a rare cause of septic shock, occurring most frequently in immunocompromised patients. An uncommon cause of Clostridium perfringen septicemia is spontaneous gangrenous gas necrosis of the spleen, where the primary treatment is ...
Morgan Oskutis, Matthew Reaven
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Microorganisms, 2022 Various countries and organizations call for banning the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) as prophylaxis and for growth promotion in the livestock industry.
Zipeng Jiang +10 more
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Influence of high gas production during thermophilic anaerobic digestion in pilot-scale and lab-scale reactors on survival of the thermotolerant pathogens Clostridium perfringens and Campylobacter jejuni in piggery wastewater [PDF]
, 2009 Safe reuse of animal wastes to capture energy and nutrients, through anaerobic digestion processes, is becoming an increasingly desirable solution to environmental pollution.
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Clostridium perfringens in the Environment [PDF]
Applied Microbiology, 1974 Clostridium perfringens was isolated from samples collected in Puget Sound in the state of Washington and areas considered as possible sources of these organisms to Puget Sound. The distribution of C. perfringens in the total Clostridium population was determined for fish gut ...
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Variable protection against experimental broiler necrotic enteritis after immunisation with the C-terminal fragment of Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin and a non-toxic NetB variant [PDF]
, 2016 Necrotic enteritis toxin B (NetB) is a pore-forming toxin produced by Clostridium perfringens and has been shown to play a key role in avian necrotic enteritis (NE), a disease causing significant costs to the poultry production industry worldwide.
Bokori-Brown, Monika +5 more
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The VirS/VirR two-component system regulates the anaerobic cytotoxicity, intestinal pathogenicity, and enterotoxemic lethality of Clostridium perfringens type C isolate CN3685. [PDF]
, 2011 Clostridium perfringens vegetative cells cause both histotoxic infections (e.g., gas gangrene) and diseases originating in the intestines (e.g., hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis or lethal enterotoxemia).
Ma, Menglin +4 more
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The Bacteriophages of Clostridium perfringens [PDF]
Journal of General Microbiology, 1959 SUMMARY: A search has been made for phages active on Clostridium perfringens, types A, B, C, D, E, and F. Twelve of 49 type A strains, 10 of 31 type B strains, 10 of 26 type C strains and none of either 38 type D, 5 type E or 3 type F strains were lysogenic.
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019 Introduction Sepsis due to Clostridium perfringens, one of several clostridial species, is an important cause of massive intravascular hemolysis in patients with underlying malignancies.
Haruki Uojima +9 more
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Effects of Clostridium perfringens iota toxin in the small intestine of mice [PDF]
, 2017 Iota toxin is a binary toxin solely produced by Clostridium perfringens type E strains, and is structurally related to CDT from C. difficile and CST from C. spiroforme.
Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto +8 more
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Clostridium perfringensepsilon toxin H149A mutant as a platform for receptor binding studies [PDF]
, 2013 Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin (Etx) is a pore-forming toxin responsible for a severe and rapidly fatal enterotoxemia of ruminants. The toxin is classified as a category B bioterrorism agent by the U.S.
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