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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 371-373, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01650-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Clostridium perfringens Type A Strains Carrying a Plasmid-Borne Enterotoxin Gene (Genotype IS1151-cpe or IS1470-like-cpe) as a Common Cause of Food Poisoning{triangledown}

Päivi Lahti,1* Annamari Heikinheimo,1 Tuula Johansson,2 and Hannu Korkeala1

Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 66, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland,1 Microbiology Research Unit, Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Mustialankatu 3, 00790 Helsinki, Finland2

Received 18 August 2007/ Returned for modification 22 September 2007/ Accepted 1 November 2007

The prevalences of various genotypes of enterotoxin gene-carrying (cpe-positive) Clostridium perfringens type A in 24 different food poisoning outbreaks were 75% (chromosomal IS1470-cpe), 21% (plasmid-borne IS1470-like-cpe), and 4% (plasmid-borne IS1151-cpe). These results show that C. perfringens type A carrying the plasmid-borne cpe is a common cause of food poisoning.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 66, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Phone: 358 9 191 57136. Fax: 358 9 191 57170. E-mail: paivi.lahti{at}helsinki.fi

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 November 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 371-373, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01650-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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