Fisher et al. [24] announced that type A strains may carry both
the cpe and cpb2 genes and these isolates might be responsible for
cases of antibiotic associated diarrhea. In our study, 8 out of 84 type
A isolates were found cpb2 positive C. perfringens, and none of the
type A strains carried both cpe and cpb2 genes. Of the 8 cpb2 positive
C. perfringens isolates, 5, 2, and 1 were isolated from beef,
chicken meat, and turkey meat samples, respectively. Guran et al.
[20] found that 12 out of 48 C. perfringens isolates collected from
ground beef samples were determined as cpb2 positive
C. perfringens type A. Guran and Oksuztepe [19] reported that 12
from 558 C. perfringens type A strains obtained from chicken meat
parts were found cpb2 positive. Additionally, cpb2 positive
C. perfringens type A was identified in 20 out of 52 beef samples in
Japan by Miki et al. [22] and in 1 of 191 beef samples in USA byWen
and McClane [21].