Bacteriological investigation of an outbreak of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning caused by Japanese food without animal protein

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 103-106

  Miwa, Norinaga ^a   Masuda, Takashi ^a   Terai, Katsuya ^a   Kawamura, Asako ^a   Otani, Kazuhiro ^b   Miyamoto, Hideki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HYGIENE   (Japan)

^b Shizuoka Pref Chutoen Pub Hlth C   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Enterotoxin; Food poisoning; PCR

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD POISONING; HEAT TOLERANCE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SPINACH; SPOROGENESIS;

AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FOOD POISONING; HEAT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JAPAN; NURSING HOMES; SOYBEANS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0032776648     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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