title: Notes from the field: Botulism caused by consumption of commercially produced potato soups stored improperly--Ohio and Georgia, 2011.
abstract: In January and April 2011, CDC provided antitoxin for treatment of two persons with toxin type A botulism associated with consumption of potato soup produced by two companies. On January 28, 2011, an Ohio resident, aged 29 years, was hospitalized after 5 days of progressive dizziness, blurred vision, dysphagia, and difficulty breathing. The patient required mechanical ventilation and botulism antitoxin. On January 18, he had tasted potato soup from a bulging plastic container, noted a bad taste, and discarded the remainder. The soup had been purchased on December 7, 2010, from the refrigerated section of a local grocer, but it had been kept unrefrigerated for 42 days. He was hospitalized for 57 days and then was transferred with residual weakness to a rehabilitation facility.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001904:Botulinum Antitoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001906:Botulism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D005511:Food Handling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D012034:Refrigeration; D011198:Solanum tuberosum; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001904:Botulinum Antitoxin