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Botulism
Reports summarize botulism study results from A.N. Sheth and co-researchers
December 2nd, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "On 8 September 2006, 3 Georgia residents presented with symptoms of food-borne botulism, a potentially fatal illness caused by Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins. Investigators reviewed medical records and interviewed patients and family members." "Foods from patients' homes and samples of the implicated commercial beverage were tested for botulinum toxin and C. botulinum by standard methods. The patients presented with cranial neuropathies and flaccid paralysis; all patients required mechanical ventilation. The 3 Georgia patients had consumed carrot juice from the same bottle before illness onset. An additional case in...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-02)
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