| laboratory diagnosis in a large outbreak of type a botulism: confirmation of the value of coproexamination. | coproexamination is a vital component of the laboratory evaluation of botulism and is an essential part of the investigation of suspected botulism cases. in april 1978, type a botulism developed in 34 persons who had eaten at a restaurant in a town in new mexico. pretreatment serum specimens, along with stool specimens for toxin assay and culture for clostridium botulinum, were obtained. at least one specimen (serum or stool) was available for each patient. of 30 serum specimens, 16 (53%) were t ... | 1982 | 7041634 |
| infant botulism in the united states: an epidemiologic study of cases occurring outside of california. | data were obtained for the 96 hospitalized cases of infant botulism reported to the centers for disease control between 1976-1980 from all states other than california. forty-one cases were associated with clostridium botulinum type a, 53 with type b, one with type f, and one with a strain of c. botulinum capable of producing both type b and f toxin. cases occurred in 25 states; the disease was more common in the western part of the united states, with the highest attack rates reported for utah ... | 1983 | 6638233 |