Directory of Clostridium perfringens Resources

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Clostridium perfringens is found in soil and in the intestines of humans and animals. In contaminated food, it produces a toxin that causes a form of food poisoning.

Resources in This Category

• Bad Bug Book - Clostridium perfringens

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070483.htm
  Features cause, associated foods, symptoms, diagnosis, and outbreaks.

• Clostridium Perfringens - DrGreene.com

  http://www.drgreene.com/azguide/clostridium-perfringens
  Includes cause, symptoms, and prevention.

• Clostridium perfringens: Not the 24 hour flu

  http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5568
  Ohio State University Extension fact sheet providing basic information on the subject.

• MicrobeWiki: Clostridium perfringens

  http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Clostridium_perfringens
  Classification, description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.

• Preventing Foodborne Illness Associated with Clostridium perfringens

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FS101
  University of Florida factsheet on the organism and the disease.

• PubMed: Gas Composition in Clostridium septicum Gas Gangrene

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8541740
  Article by Chi CH, Chen KW, Huang JJ, Chuang YC and Wu MH.

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