| H00335 | |
| H number | H00335 |
| Name | Foodborne Clostridium perfringens intoxication |
| Description | Clostridium perfringens is a spore-forming, gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium consisting of five types (A-E), according to the major toxins they produce. It causes two different foodborne diseases: Type A food poisoning and Type C food poisoning. Type A causes relatively mild diarrhea common in the industrialized countries, whereas Type C is a rare but very serious cause of necrotic enteritis. |
| Category | Bacterial infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Clostridium perfringens [GN:cpe cpf cpr] hyaluronidase/collagenase [KO:K01186 K01197 K01387 K08587] pore-forming toxin [KO:K03699 K06442 K11031 K11068] membrane-damaging toxin [KO:K16619] enterotoxin [KO:K11059 K11060 K11061 K11062] enterotoxin Cpe [KO:K11058] beta2 toxin [KO:K11057] |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | - |
| Comment | - |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1A12 ICD-10: A05.2 MeSH: D003015 |
| Reference | PMID:11981970 AUTHORS Brynestad S, Granum PE TITLE Clostridium perfringens and foodborne infections. JOURNAL Int J Food Microbiol 74:195-202 (2002) DOI:10.1016/S0168-1605(01)00680-8 PMID:21315973 AUTHORS Lindstrom M, Heikinheimo A, Lahti P, Korkeala H TITLE Novel insights into the epidemiology of Clostridium perfringens type A food poisoning. JOURNAL Food Microbiol 28:192-8 (2011) DOI:10.1016/j.fm.2010.03.020 |