Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin
  
    					
  
  
               - Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin
 
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 a bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens; causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria
 
               
               
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