Food-borne botulism in Japan in March 2012

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-22

  Momose, Yoshika ^a   Asakura, Hiroshi ^a   Kitamura, Masaru ^a   Okada, Yumiko ^a   Ueda, Yutaka ^b   Hanabara, Yutaro ^b   Sakamoto, Tomohiro ^c   Matsumura, Tsuyoshi ^d   Iwaki, Masaaki ^e   Kato, Haru ^e   Shibayama, Keigo ^e   Igimi, Shizunobu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Tottori Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organisation Yonago Medical Center   (Japan)

^d Tottori Prefecture   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium botulinum; Food borne botulism; Japan

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; CULTURE MEDIUM;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FACE MUSCLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD BORNE BOTULISM; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY ARREST; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIUM; FABACEAE; FOOD PRESERVATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CULTURE MEDIA; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD, PRESERVED; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE;

EID: 84900470725     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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