Food-borne botulism in Japan in March 2012.
In March 2012, two patients were transported urgently to the hospital in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, because of symptoms suggestive of botulism. Botulinum neurotoxin type A was detected in the clinical specimens and the food consumed by the two patients (vacuum packed adzuki-batto, a sweet adzuki bean soup containing noodles). We were able to make a prompt diagnosis of food botulism associated with the consumption of adzuki-batto, from which the causative pathogen Clostridium botulinum Ab was cultured.
Division of Biomedical Food Research, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan.
Yoshika
Y
Momose
Division of Biomedical Food Research, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan.
Hiroshi
H
Asakura
Division of Biomedical Food Research, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan.
Masaru
M
Kitamura
Division of Biomedical Food Research, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan.
Yumiko
Y
Okada
Tottori Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Tottori, Japan.
Yutaka
Y
Ueda
Tottori Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Tottori, Japan.
Yutaro
Y
Hanabara
Yonago Medical Center, Tottori, Japan.
Tomohiro
T
Sakamoto
Division of Consumer and Environmental Protection, Western Branch Office, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
Tsuyoshi
T
Matsumura
Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Masaaki
M
Iwaki
Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Haru
H
Kato
Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Keigo
K
Shibayama
Division of Biomedical Food Research, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan. Electronic address: igimi@nihs.go.jp.
Shizunobu
S
Igimi
D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A / Q000097:blood*; D001906:Botulism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D003470:Culture Media; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D057141:Food, Preserved / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male
D003470:Culture Media; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A
Clostridium botulinum; Food-borne botulism; Japan