First report worldwide of an infant botulism case due to Clostridium botulinum type E.
Clostridium botulinum type E has been associated with botulism in adults but never in infants. Infant botulism type E cases have been associated with neurotoxigenic strains of C. butyricum. We report the first infant botulism case due to C. botulinum type E worldwide.
Lúquez
Carolina
C
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS G-29, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA. Cluquez@cdc.gov
Dykes
Janet K
JK
Yu
Patricia A
PA
Raphael
Brian H
BH
Maslanka
Susan E
SE
D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001906:Botulism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D047970:Clostridium botulinum type E / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S