Sensitive quantification of Clostridium perfringens in human feces by quantitative real-time PCR targeting alpha-toxin and enterotoxin genes - Nagpal, Ravinder; Ogata, Kiyohito; Tsuji, Hirokazu; Matsuda, Kazunori; Takahashi, Takuya; Nomoto, Koji; Suzuki, Yoshio; Kawashima, Kazunari; Nagata, Satoru; Yamashiro, Yuichiro (BMC microbiology, 2015)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Bacterial Load - methods; Bacterial Toxins - genetics; Calcium-Binding Proteins - genetics; Carrier State - microbiology; Clostridium Infections - microbiology; Clostridium perfringens - isolation & purification; Cohort Studies; Enterotoxins - genetics; Feces; Feces - microbiology; Female; Food contamination & poisoning; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genetic research; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Infant; Infants; Male; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Middle Aged; Pathogens; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Sensitivity and Specificity; Toxins; Type C Phospholipases - genetics; Young Adult; Young adults; Japan