Molecular typing of Clostridium perfringens isolated from swine in slaughterhouses from São Paulo State, Brazil

Abstract

Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobic Grampositive bacterium known as common pathogen for humans RESUMO Clostridium perfringens é uma bactéria Gram positiva anaeróbica, conhecida por infectar os seres humanos, animais domésticos e de vida selvagem. Apesar de as infecções causadas por C. perfringens tipo C e

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of enterotoxicClostridium perfringenstype A isolates recovered from humans and animals in Kolkata, India

“…goat and pig and their improperly cooked meat. The present study was in accord with the earlier studies using PFGE as an epidemiological tool to track the source of infection in case of C. perfringens [16] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [25] , [26] .…”

“…Among various available molecular typing tools, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) remains one of the most important third-generation molecular typing approach for the detection of genotypic diversity of almost all bacterial species and continues to be recognized as the gold standard due to outcome spanning exceeding 90% of the bacterial genome and its standardized protocols and reagents applicable to a wide range of organisms [11] , [12] , [13] . Globally, limited studies had been carried out to assess the genetic relatedness of C. perfringens isolates from different sources [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] . But to the best of our knowledge there are no available studies regarding molecular typing of C. perfringens type A isolates through PFGE from different sources from India.…”

Search for the Occurrence of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens in Pigs Within Zaria and Environs, in Kaduna State, Nigeria

“…The shedding of these two organisms in faeces constitutes a risk factor to piglets. F e r r e i r a et al [19] Our work is at variance with the reports of van den B o g a a r d et al [48] and N g a m w o n g s a t i t et al Food producing animals are linked to humans through the food chain and shared environment. The possibility exist that antimicrobials residues will always be present in meats [21,25,34] of these pigs at the time of sale and consumption, and that is why C h u k w u et al [12] said that "there is need for periodic antimicrobial susceptibility testing and surveillance to detect geographic and temporal changes in the resistance trends of C. perfringens".…”