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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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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
 

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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