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Enterotoxigenic strains of C. perfringens are now implicated in cases of diarrhoea other than food poisoning. There is good evidence that cross-infection may occur and that cross-infection control measures are helpful in limiting spread of the disease. The organism can be readily isolated from the immediate environment of affected patients as well as from their hands. In general the diarrhoea is self limiting, but metronidazole or vancomycin may be used to treat troublesome cases. Faecal blood and mucous and abdominal pain feature in about half of the cases.
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Borriello, S.P., Larson, H.E., Barclay, F.E., Welch, A.R. (1987). Clostridium Perfringens Enterotoxin-Associated Diarrhoea. In: Borriello, S.P., Hardie, J.M., Drasar, B.S., Duerden, B.I., Hudson, M.J., Lysons, R.J. (eds) Recent Advances in Anaerobic Bacteriology. New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3293-7_4
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