Infectious Diarrhea Due to Clostridium perfringens

• Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 157; no. 2; pp. 390 - 391
• Main Authors: Larson, H. Elliott, Borriello, S. Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The University of Chicago Press 01.02.1988; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antibodies; Clostridium Infections; Clostridium perfringens; Correspondence; Diarrhea; Diarrhea - etiology; Enterotoxins; Feces; Female; Food poisoning; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Middle Aged; Salmonella food poisoning; Specimens; Toxins

In Clostridium perfringens food poisoning, an association between diarrhea and fecal enterotoxin is well established. Enterotoxin is found only in feces from symptomatic or infected persons and is absent from those of convalescent or healthy subjects. A rise in titer of antibody to the enterotoxin h...