Two cases of adult botulism caused by botulinum neurotoxin producing Clostridium baratii

George E Hannett; Joshua K Schaffzin; Stephen W Davis; Maureen P Fage; Dianna Schoonmaker-Bopp; Nellie B Dumas; Kimberlee A Musser; Christina Egan

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.10.005

Two cases of adult botulism caused by botulinum neurotoxin producing Clostridium baratii

Anaerobe. 2014 Dec:30:178-180. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.10.005. Epub 2014 Oct 18.

Authors

George E Hannett¹, Joshua K Schaffzin², Stephen W Davis³, Maureen P Fage⁴, Dianna Schoonmaker-Bopp⁵, Nellie B Dumas⁶, Kimberlee A Musser⁷, Christina Egan⁸

Affiliations

¹ Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002 USA;. Electronic address: george.hannett@health.ny.gov.
² Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0627 USA;. Electronic address: Joshua.Schaffzin@cchmc.org.
³ Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002 USA;. Electronic address: sdavis@wadsworth.org.
⁴ Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0627 USA;. Electronic address: mofage@hotmail.com.
⁵ Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002 USA;. Electronic address: djs03@health.state.ny.us.
⁶ Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002 USA;. Electronic address: nbd01@health.state.ny.us.
⁷ Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002 USA;. Electronic address: kimberlee.musser@health.ny.gov.
⁸ Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002 USA;. Electronic address: cte01@health.state.ny.us.

PMID: 25463969
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.10.005

Abstract

Type F botulism occurs rarely in clinical cases. Two cases of type F botulism in elderly patients that were clustered in time and space are described. Clostridium baratii producing type F botulinum neurotoxin was isolated from both patients; molecular typing of these isolates revealed that they were unrelated strains.

Keywords: Clostridium baratii; Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis; Strain typing; Type F botulism.