Ribotyping for strain characterization of Clostridium perfringens isolates from food poisoning cases and outbreaks.
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Ribotyping for strain characterization of Clostridium perfringens isolates from food poisoning cases and outbreaks. B Schalch , J Björkroth , H Eisgruber , H Korkeala and A Stolle Institute for Hygiene and Technology of Foods of Animal Origin, Veterinary Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. ABSTRACT Ribotyping was used to characterize 34 Clostridium perfringens strains isolated from 10 food poisoning cases and outbreaks over a 7-year period. Twelve different ribopatterns were generated by EcoRI digestion. In eight food poisoning cases and outbreaks, all of the ribotypes of each food and stool isolate were found to be identical. Two C. perfringens isolates showed unique patterns. Ribotyping was found to be a useful tool for determining the genetic relationship of C. perfringens isolates in the context of foodborne poisoning cases. CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 1997 vol. 63 no. 10 3992-3994 » Abstract PDF Services Email this article to a colleague Similar articles in ASM journals Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of AEM Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Schalch, B. Articles by Stolle, A. Search for related content PubMed PubMed citation Articles by Schalch, B. Articles by Stolle, A. Related Content Load related web page information Social Bookmarking CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? current issue December 2011, volume 77, issue 23 Alert me to new issues of AEM About AEM Subscribers Authors Reviewers Advertisers Inquiries from the Press Permissions & Commercial Reprints ASM Journals Public Access Policy AEM RSS Feeds 1752 N Street N.W. • Washington DC 20036 202.737.3600 • 202.942.9355 fax • journals@asmusa.org Print ISSN: 0099-2240 Online ISSN: 1098-5336 Copyright © 2011 by the American Society for Microbiology. For an alternate route to AEM .asm.org, visit: http://intl- AEM .asm.org | More Info» var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5821458-4"); pageTracker._trackPageview();