Clostridium perfringens contains six major toxins. Once the bacteria enter the digestive tract, they can survive in the acidic environment and release toxins that cause diarrhea .

Clostridium perfringens By Joe Whitworth on January 29, 2024 A total of 171 outbreaks involving 7,538 cases were investigated from January 2018 to December 2021.

Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) is a widespread bacterium found in the intestines of animals and humans, known for causing severe enteric diseases. It produces over 20 toxins, with the β ...

In 2010, an outbreak of Clostridium perfringens at a psychiatric hospital in Louisiana claimed the lives of 3 of the 54 people sickened, an unusually high. Skip to content.

Clostridium perfringens causes gas gangrene and clostridial myonecrosis in humans. This study shows that the secreted C. perfringens toxins lecithinase and perfringolysin O activate the NLRP3 ...

Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Aktories and Dr. Panagiotis Papatheodorou from the University of Freiburg have discovered the receptor responsible for smuggling the toxin of the bacterium Clostridium ...