Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research
Humans as Reservoir for Enterotoxin Gene–carrying Clostridium perfringens Type A
Table 2
Association of sex and age with cpe in feces of healthy humans
Characteristic | cpe detected by PCR/total no. fecal samples (%) | |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Female | 19/102 (18.6) | |
Male | 6/34 (17.6) | |
Total | 25/136 (18.4) | |
Age, y | ||
<20 | 6/40 (15.0) | |
20–50 | 16/79 (20.3) | |
>50 | 3/17 (17.6) | |
Total | 25/136 (18.4) | |