What causes perfringens food poisoning?
In most cases, perfringens food poisoning results when you eat improperly cooked and stored foods. Normally, bacteria are found on food after cooking, and these bacteria can multiply and cause perfringens food poisoning if the foods sit out and cool before refrigerating. Commonly infected foods include meats, meat products, and gravy. What are the symptoms? Symptoms of perfringens food poisoning include intense abdominal cramps and watery diarrhea. Your symptoms usually appear 8 to 22 hours after eating foods containing large numbers of C. perfringens. The disease usually is over within 24 hours. Less severe symptoms may last for 1 or 2 weeks. How is perfringens food poisoning diagnosed? Your health professional will do a medical history and physical exam and ask you questions about your symptoms, foods you have recently eaten, and your work and home environments. A stool culture and blood tests may be done to confirm the diagnosis. How is it treated? You treat perfringens food poisoni
