Genotyping of Clostridium perfringens isolates collected from food poisoning outbreaks and healthy individuals in Japan based on the cpe locus

MeSH terms

• Clostridium perfringens / genetics*
• Clostridium perfringens / isolation & purification
• Disease Outbreaks
• Enterotoxins / genetics*
• Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology
• Foodborne Diseases / microbiology*
• Genotype
• Humans
• Japan / epidemiology
• Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods