Botulism from Drinking Pruno

Foodborne botulism occurred among inmates at 2 prisons in California in 2004 and 2005. In the first outbreak, 4 inmates were hospitalized, 2 of whom required intubation. In the second event, 1 inmate required intubation. Pruno, an alcoholic drink made illicitly in prisons, was the novel vehicle for...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases Jg. 15; H. 1; S. 69 - 71
Hauptverfasser:	Vugia, Duc J., Mase, Sundari R., Cole, Barbara, Stiles, John, Rosenberg, Jon, Velasquez, Linda, Radner, Allen, Inami, Greg
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.01.2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagworte:	Adult Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic Beverages - microbiology Animals Blood - microbiology botulinum toxin Botulinum Toxins, Type A - analysis Botulism Botulism - diagnosis Botulism - microbiology California Care and treatment Causes of Clostridium botulinum Clostridium botulinum type A - isolation & purification Contamination Dispatch Feces - chemistry Feces - microbiology Food contamination Foodborne Diseases - diagnosis Foodborne Diseases - microbiology Fruit - microbiology Health aspects Humans Male Mice Prisoners Prisons pruno Solanum tuberosum - microbiology United States Young Adult California United States USA, California
ISSN:	1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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Zusammenfassung:	Foodborne botulism occurred among inmates at 2 prisons in California in 2004 and 2005. In the first outbreak, 4 inmates were hospitalized, 2 of whom required intubation. In the second event, 1 inmate required intubation. Pruno, an alcoholic drink made illicitly in prisons, was the novel vehicle for these cases.
Bibliographie:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1501.081024