Type F botulism due to neurotoxigenic Clostridium baratii from an unknown source in an adult.
Type F botulism was confirmed in a 54-year-old male with signs compatible with botulism who reported to the emergency unit of a hospital. Botulinal neurotoxin was detected in the patient's serum and fecal specimens, and a neurotoxigenic organism whose physiologic characteristics correspond to those of Clostridium baratii was isolated. The toxin produced by the isolate was neutralized by type F botulinal antitoxin and cross-neutralized with lower efficiency by type E antitoxin. The patient's food history was not suggestive of botulism, and it seems likely that the illness was due to colonization of the gut.
McCroskey
L M
LM
Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Hatheway
C L
CL
Woodruff
B A
BA
Greenberg
J A
JA
Jurgenson
P
P
D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001906:Botulism / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004064:Digestive System / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000302:isolation & purification
D009498:Neurotoxins; D001905:Botulinum Toxins