Two simultaneous botulism outbreaks in Barcelona:Clostridium baratiiandClostridium botulinum
| Autor: | S. Lafuente, S. Sabate, C. Tortajada, S. Portaña, R. Argelich, Juan Antonio Sáez-Nieto, H. Vargas-Leguas, J. A. Caylà, E. Moguel, Gema Carrasco, I. Parron, J. Nolla, Sylvia Valdezate |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Botulinum Toxins Epidemiology Short Report medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Botulinum toxin a Microbiology Rare case Humans Medicine Botulism Clostridium Family Health biology business.industry Foodborne outbreak Outbreak medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Spain Clostridium baratii Clostridium botulinum Female business |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiol Infect |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| Popis: | SUMMARYBotulism is a severe neuroparalytic disorder that can be potentially life-threatening. In Barcelona, Spain, no outbreaks had been reported in the past 25 years. However, in September 2011, two outbreaks occurred involving two different families. A rare case ofClostridium baratiiwhich produced a neurotoxin F outbreak was detected in five family members who had shared lunch, and several days before that another family was affected byC. botulinumtoxin A which was probably present in homemade pâté. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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