Identification of epsilon toxin-producing Clostridium perfringens strains in American retail food

Samantha B Regan; Zuha Anwar; Patricia Miraflor; Libra B Williams; Sarah Shetty; Juan Sepulveda; Jake Moreh; Sam Bogdanov; Sylvia Haigh; Abigail Lustig; Steffi Gaehde; Anthony Vartanian; Noah Rubin; Jennifer R Linden

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.08.008

Identification of epsilon toxin-producing Clostridium perfringens strains in American retail food

Anaerobe. 2018 Dec:54:124-127. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.08.008. Epub 2018 Aug 28.

Affiliations

¹ Brain and Mind Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Ave, New York, 10065, NY, USA.
² Brain and Mind Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Ave, New York, 10065, NY, USA. Electronic address: jel2049@med.cornell.edu.

PMID: 30170047
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.08.008

Abstract

Food samples (n = 216) from New York city were tested for the presence of C. perfringens via PCR for specific toxin genes. Thirty-four (16%) samples were positive for C. perfringens. Of these 34, 31 (91.2%) were type A or E, one (2.9%) was type B, and two (5.9%) were type D.

Keywords: American; Clostridium perfringens; Epsilon toxin; Genotype; Retail food; Toxinotype.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacterial Toxins / genetics
Bacterial Toxins / metabolism*
Cattle
Clostridium perfringens / classification
Clostridium perfringens / genetics
Clostridium perfringens / isolation & purification*
Clostridium perfringens / metabolism
Fishes
Food Contamination / analysis*
Meat / economics
Meat / microbiology*
Poultry
Seafood / economics
Seafood / microbiology*
United States

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin