First report worldwide of an infant botulism case due to Clostridium botulinum type E

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jan;48(1):326-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01420-09. Epub 2009 Nov 11.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Botulism / diagnosis*
  • Botulism / microbiology
  • Clostridium botulinum type E / isolation & purification*
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/GQ294552