An outbreak of foodborne botulism associated with food sold at a salvage store in Texas
| Autor: | Colleen Crowe, Jeremy Sobel, Steve Bengston, Stacey J. Eliasberg, James Hayslett, Kate Hendricks, Joseph L. Ferreira, Kristin G. Holt, Megan E. Reller, Pavani Kalluri, Suzanne S. Barth, Linda Gaul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Food Contamination medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Cohort Studies Environmental health medicine Clostridium botulinum Food microbiology Humans Botulism Child Aged Food poisoning business.industry food and beverages Outbreak Middle Aged medicine.disease Texas Surgery Infectious Diseases Foodborne Botulism Child Preschool Food Microbiology business Food contaminant Botulinum toxin type |
| Zdroj: | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 37(11) |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| Popis: | Foodborne botulism is caused by potent neurotoxins of Clostridium botulinum. We investigated a large outbreak of foodborne botulism among church supper attendees in Texas. We conducted a cohort study of attendees and investigated the salvage store that sold the implicated foods. We identified 15 cases of botulism (40%) among 38 church supper attendees. Nine patients (60%) had botulinum toxin type A detected in stool specimens. The diagnosis was delayed in 3 cases. Fifteen (63%) of 24 attendees who ate a chili dish developed botulism (relative risk, undefined; P |
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