Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens toxinotypes in antibiotic-associated diarrhoeal (AAD) patients in Iranian hospitals; can toxinotype D serve as a possible zoonotic agent for humans?

This study persists in considering toxinotype F in Iranian AAD patients as it was the dominant C. perfringens toxinotype. Remarkably, the isolation of toxinotype D suggests it as a potential trigger in C. perfringens-associated AAD for the first time and highlights it as a possible zoonotic agent for humans.PMID:37597720 | DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.107002
Source: Acta Tropica - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research