biostudies-literatureUnknown47(3)Wu JSince 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.Journal of clinical microbiology807-10https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2650962biostudies-literatureDetection and toxin typing of Clostridium perfringens in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples by PCR.PMC2650962Zhang WWu JWu MZhang DKalpoe JTong XXie BfalseDetection and toxin typing of Clostridium perfringens in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples by PCR.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.2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009 Mar2020-11-19T16:01:52Z2019-03-27T00:21:01ZS-EPMC26509621910947810.1128/JCM.01324-0810.1128/jcm.01324-08