Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 18th, 2007
"Early serum samples obtained from all patients were negative for botulinum toxin. Remnant fish tested positive for botulinum toxin type E," wrote J. Sobel and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "In patients exposed to low doses of botulinum toxin type E, gastrointestinal symptoms may predominate."
Sobel and colleagues published their study in Clinical Infectious Diseases (Outbreak of clinically mild botulism type E...
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