| Literature DB >> 10030546 |
R Arcieri1, A M Dionisi, A Caprioli, P Lopalco, R Prato, C Germinario, C Rizzo, A M Larocca, S Barbuti, D Greco, I Luzzi.
Abstract
An outbreak of diarrhoea in a hotel affected 25 time keepers attending the 1997 Mediterranean Games. Epidemiological investigation implicated a 'pasta al ragù' consumed at the hotel's restaurant and Clostridium perfringens food poisoning was identified by direct detection of C. perfringens enterotoxin in patients' stools. This report confirms that a careful evaluation of epidemiological features, together with the availability of direct and rapid laboratory methods, may lead to a prompt identification of C. perfringens food poisoning.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10030546 DOI： 10.1111/j.1574-695X.1999.tb01715.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol ISSN： 0928-8244