Sporadic diarrhoea due to Clostridium perfringens in children aged five years and below

Abstract

In a study to identify the clostridial species associated with sporadic diarrhoea in children aged 5 years 
and below, clostridia species were isolated from 57 (3%) of 1761 diarrhoeic faecal samples studied. 
Fifty-one of the clostridial isolates were identified as Clostridium perfringens while the other six 
isolates were identified as C. bifermentans. Forthy-seven were C. perfringens type A, 4 were C. 
perfringens type C. Forty- one of C. perfringens type A and 2 of the C. perfringens type C were 
enterotoxigenic. From this investigation, it was observed that C. perfringens types A and C were 
involved in cases of sporadic diarrhoea affecting children aged 5 years and below in Ibadan, Nigeria