Diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning

• Published in: Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica Vol. 20; no. 3; p. 117
• Main Authors: Sanz, Juan Carlos, Domínguez, María Felicitas, Sagües, María Jesús, Fernández, Marisa, Feito, Ricardo, Noguerales, Rosa, Asensio, Angel, Fernández De La Hoz, Karoline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01.03.2002
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Bacterial Toxins - adverse effects; Bacterial Toxins - isolation & purification; Calcium-Binding Proteins; Cattle; Cheese - microbiology; Child; Clostridium perfringens - isolation & purification; Disease Outbreaks; Feces - chemistry; Female; Food Contamination; Food Handling - methods; Food Handling - standards; Food Microbiology; Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology; Foodborne Diseases - microbiology; Gastroenteritis - chemically induced; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis - etiology; Humans; Latex Fixation Tests; Meat - microbiology; Odds Ratio; Restaurants; Spain - epidemiology; Type C Phospholipases - adverse effects; Type C Phospholipases - isolation & purification; Spain

Clostridium perfringens is a classical agent of food-borne disease but because of the mildness and self-limiting nature of the illness, many cases are undiagnosed. This study describes the investigation of an outbreak of diarrhea due to C. perfringens in a public restaurant. An epidemiological surve...