Clostridium perfringens produce protective spores that cover the bacteria and reduce their vulnerability to external factors. It can multiply rapidly when you store food at temperatures between 40 ...

The engine behind this fermentation method is Clostridium perfringens, a close relative of bacteria that cause botulism, tetanus, and food poisoning. It can eat flesh.

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- A common foodborne bacteria caused an illness that left three people dead and sickened 22 others who attended a dinner at an events hall in the San Francisco suburb of Antioch ...

Clostridium perfringens typically causes relatively mild, self-limiting, gastroenteritis. Recent data support a role for food in the epidemiology of Clostridiodes difficile infections.

Clostridium perfringens, a cause of human foodborne and poultry disease, has been isolated from the intestinal tract of poultry and from the processed carcass. Little is known about the incidence and ...

Clostridium perfringens is a bacterium that causes nearly a million cases of food-borne illness each year in the U.S. (the number of deaths isn’t known).

Clostridium perfringens infections represent a significant medical challenge, often progressing to life‐threatening sepsis accompanied by rapid intravascular haemolysis. The bacterium produces ...

Almost 100 people fell sick in a Clostridium perfringens outbreak in China in 2024. In May 2024, an elderly care center in Beijing reported dozens of acute diarrhea cases.