| food-borne botulism in japan in march 2012. | in march 2012, two patients were transported urgently to the hospital in tottori prefecture, japan, because of symptoms suggestive of botulism. botulinum neurotoxin type a was detected in the clinical specimens and the food consumed by the two patients (vacuum packed adzuki-batto, a sweet adzuki bean soup containing noodles). we were able to make a prompt diagnosis of food botulism associated with the consumption of adzuki-batto, from which the causative pathogen clostridium botulinum ab was cul ... | 2014 | 24709046 |