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
Answer is B. 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.