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 (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.

Fever and vomiting are not normally symptoms of poisoning by Clostridium perfringens toxins. The Type C strain of Clostridium perfringens can cause a more serious condition called Pig-bel Syndrome.

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 ...

Clostridium perfringens α-toxin is the key virulence determinant in gas gangrene and has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of sudden death syndrome in young animals. The toxin is a 370 ...

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 ...

A toxin produced by Clostridium perfringens, a common cause of foodborne illness, ... Specifically, it’s the epsilon toxin, one of 12 protein toxins produced by C. perfringens bacteria.