Type A botulism from commercially canned beef stew.
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Blake, PA; Horwitz, MA; Hopkins, L; Lombard, GL; McCroan, JE; Prucha, JC; Merson, MH
Published in: South Med J
January 1977
Two of three persons who ate lunch together became ill with symptoms characteristic of botulism. One died before botulism was suspected and before specimens could be collected for laboratory testing, but a serum specimen from the other patient, who survived, yielded botulinal toxin, type A. The third person remained asymptomatic, but Clostridium botulinum type A was cultured from his stool. The three persons had shared two canned foods: home-canned green beans and commercially canned beef stew. The green beans were initially assumed to be the cause of the outbreak. However, the empty stew can was recovered from the garbage, and washings from the can yielded C botulinum, type A, and its toxin.
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South Med J
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0038-4348
Publication Date
January 1977
Volume
70
Issue
1
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5 / 7
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Meat
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Food Contamination
- Female
- Disease Outbreaks
- Clostridium botulinum
- Botulism
- Aged
- 42 Health sciences
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Blake, P. A., Horwitz, M. A., Hopkins, L., Lombard, G. L., McCroan, J. E., Prucha, J. C., & Merson, M. H. (1977). Type A botulism from commercially canned beef stew. South Med J, 70(1), 5–7. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197701000-00004
Blake, P. A., M. A. Horwitz, L. Hopkins, G. L. Lombard, J. E. McCroan, J. C. Prucha, and M. H. Merson. “Type A botulism from commercially canned beef stew.” South Med J 70, no. 1 (January 1977): 5–7. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197701000-00004.
Blake PA, Horwitz MA, Hopkins L, Lombard GL, McCroan JE, Prucha JC, et al. Type A botulism from commercially canned beef stew. South Med J. 1977 Jan;70(1):5–7.
Blake, P. A., et al. “Type A botulism from commercially canned beef stew.” South Med J, vol. 70, no. 1, Jan. 1977, pp. 5–7. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-197701000-00004.
Blake PA, Horwitz MA, Hopkins L, Lombard GL, McCroan JE, Prucha JC, Merson MH. Type A botulism from commercially canned beef stew. South Med J. 1977 Jan;70(1):5–7.
Published In
South Med J
DOI
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
January 1977
Volume
70
Issue
1
Start / End Page
5 / 7
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Meat
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Food Contamination
- Female
- Disease Outbreaks
- Clostridium botulinum
- Botulism
- Aged
- 42 Health sciences