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Microbiology JIPMER 2018 365c2b02

True statement about cholstridium perfringens are all except:

A
Gas gangrene -alpha toxin is produced by type A strains and responsible for profound toxemia
B
Clostridium perfringens is not the major cause of gas gangrene
C
Present in normal feces
D
C. perfringens type C strains is responsible for necrotizing enteritis
High-Yield Explanation
Causative organism of gas gangrene are Clostridium perferingens, Clostridium novgi and Clostridium septicum. Clostridium perfringens also causes food poisioning ( Type-A toxin i.e. heat labile toxin) Beta toxin type-C associates with Pigbel i.e. necrotizing enteritis.

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