Development of a Duplex PCR Genotyping Assay for Distinguishing Clostridium perfringens Type A Isolates Carrying Chromosomal Enterotoxin (cpe) Genes from Those Carrying Plasmid-Borne Enterotoxin (cpe) Genes

AUTOR(ES)

Wen, Qiyi

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

About 5% of Clostridium perfringens type A isolates carry the cpe gene encoding the C. perfringens enterotoxin. Those cpe-positive type A isolates are important causes of food-poisoning and non-food-borne cases of diarrheas in humans, as well as certain veterinary cases of diarrhea. Previous studies have determined that the enterotoxigenic type A isolates causing both non-food-borne human gastrointestinal disease and veterinary disease carry their cpe genes on plasmids, while the type A isolates causing human food poisoning carry a chromosomal cpe gene. The present study reports on the successful development of a duplex PCR assay that can rapidly genotype enterotoxigenic type A isolates (i.e., determine whether those cpe-positive isolates carry a chromosomal or a plasmid-borne cpe gene). The availability of this rapid cpe genotyping assay capable of handling large numbers of samples provides a powerful new investigative tool for diagnostic, epidemiologic, and basic research purposes.

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