Clostridium perfringens toxinotype NEW

@article{pmid35214776,

title = {Clostridial Diseases of Horses: A Review},

author = {Francisco A Uzal and Mauricio A Navarro and Javier Asin and Eileen E Henderson},

doi = {10.3390/vaccines10020318},

issn = {2076-393X},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-02-01},

urldate = {2022-02-01},

journal = {Vaccines (Basel)},

volume = {10},

number = {2},

abstract = {The clostridial diseases of horses can be divided into three major groups: enteric/enterotoxic, histotoxic, and neurotoxic. The main enteric/enterotoxic diseases include those produced by  type C and , both of which are characterized by enterocolitis. The main histotoxic diseases are gas gangrene, Tyzzer disease, and infectious necrotic hepatitis. Gas gangrene is produced by one or more of the following microorganisms:  type A, , and  type A, and it is characterized by necrotizing cellulitis and/or myositis. Tyzzer disease is produced by  and is mainly characterized by multifocal necrotizing hepatitis. Infectious necrotic hepatitis is produced by  type B and is characterized by focal necrotizing hepatitis. The main neurotoxic clostridial diseases are tetanus and botulism, which are produced by  and , respectively. Tetanus is characterized by spastic paralysis and botulism by flaccid paralysis. Neither disease present with specific gross or microscopic lesions. The pathogenesis of clostridial diseases involves the production of toxins. Confirming a diagnosis of some of the clostridial diseases of horses is sometimes difficult, mainly because some agents can be present in tissues of normal animals. This paper reviews the main clostridial diseases of horses.},

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@article{pmid32081091,

title = {NetF-producing  and its associated diseases in dogs and foals},

author = {Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari and Stefan Unterer and Ashley E Whitehead and John F Prescott},

doi = {10.1177/1040638720904714},

issn = {1943-4936},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-03-01},

urldate = {2020-03-01},

journal = {J Vet Diagn Invest},

volume = {32},

number = {2},

pages = {230--238},

abstract = {The role of type A  in canine acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome and foal necrotizing enteritis is poorly characterized. However, a highly significant association between the presence of novel toxigenic  and these specific enteric diseases has been described. These novel toxigenic strains produce 3 novel putative toxins, which have been designated NetE, NetF, and NetG. Although not conclusively demonstrated, current evidence suggests that NetF is likely the major virulence factor in strains responsible for canine acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome and foal necrotizing enteritis. NetF is a beta-pore-forming toxin that belongs to the same toxin superfamily as CPB and NetB toxins produced by . The  gene is encoded on a conjugative plasmid that, in the case of , also carries another putative toxin gene, . In addition, these strains consistently also carry a -conjugative plasmid, and a proportion also carry a separate -conjugative plasmid. The  and  genes form part of a locus with all the features of the pathogenicity loci of -conjugative plasmids. The -positive isolates are clonal in origin and fall into 2 clades. Disease in dogs or foals can be associated with either clade. Thus, these are strains with unique virulence-associated characteristics associated with serious and sometimes fatal cases of important enteric diseases in 2 animal species.},

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@article{pmid29866424,

title = {Expansion of the Clostridium perfringens toxin-based typing scheme},

author = {Julian I Rood and Vicki Adams and Jake Lacey and Dena Lyras and Bruce A McClane and Stephen B Melville and Robert J Moore and Michel R Popoff and Mahfuzur R Sarker and J Glenn Songer and Francisco A Uzal and Filip Van Immerseel},

doi = {10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.04.011},

issn = {1095-8274},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-10-01},

urldate = {2018-10-01},

journal = {Anaerobe},

volume = {53},

pages = {5--10},

abstract = {Clostridium perfringens causes many different histotoxic and enterotoxic diseases in humans and animals as a result of its ability to produce potent protein toxins, many of which are extracellular. The current scheme for the classification of isolates was finalized in the 1960s and is based on their ability to produce a combination of four typing toxins - α-toxin, β-toxin, ε-toxin and ι-toxin - to divide C. perfringens strains into toxinotypes A to E. However, this scheme is now outdated since it does not take into account the discovery of other toxins that have been shown to be required for specific C. perfringens-mediated diseases. We present a long overdue revision of this toxinotyping scheme. The principles for the expansion of the typing system are described, as is a mechanism by which new toxinotypes can be proposed and subsequently approved. Based on these criteria two new toxinotypes have been established. C. perfringens type F consists of isolates that produce C. perfringens enterotoxin (CPE), but not β-toxin, ε-toxin or ι-toxin. Type F strains will include strains responsible for C. perfringens-mediated human food poisoning and antibiotic associated diarrhea. C. perfringens type G comprises isolates that produce NetB toxin and thereby cause necrotic enteritis in chickens. There are at least two candidates for future C. perfringens toxinotypes, but further experimental work is required before these toxinotypes can formally be proposed and accepted.},

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