Abstract
Since current microbiology methods are not suitable to detect Clostridium perfringens in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples, we developed a PCR assay to detect toxin-encoding genes and the 16S rRNA gene of C. perfringens. We successfully detected and genotyped C. perfringens in tissue sections from two autopsy cases.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 807-810 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2009 |