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Is botulism type C transmissible to human by consumption of contaminated poultry meat? Analysis of a suspect outbreak in French Guyana

Authors :
Elodie Brulez
Cécile Stagnetto
Christiane Attica
Gérald Egmann
Michel-Robert Popoff
Arnaud Martrenchar
Jean-Michel Fontanella
Jérome Gruenfeld
Félix Djossou
Céline Dupuy
Direction des Services Vétérinaires [Gyuane]
Direction départementale de la protection des populations [Guyane]
direction générale des outre-mer (DGOM)
Ministère des Outre-Mer (MOM)
Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]
Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et Botulisme - National Reference Center Anaerobic Bacteria and Botulism (CNR)
Institut Pasteur [Paris]
Michel Bouisse (Direction of health and social development, 97300 Cayenne, French Guyana) and Jean-Philippe Carlier (National Reference Center for Anaerobic bacteria and Botulism, Institut Pasteur, Paris) were coauthors and deceased during the process of the manuscript. We thank B. Stiles for reviewing the manuscript.
Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)
Source :
Anaerobe, Anaerobe, Elsevier Masson, 2019, 56, pp.49-50. ⟨10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.02.008⟩, Anaerobe, 2019, 56, pp.49-50. ⟨10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.02.008⟩
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2019.

Abstract

International audience; Botulism type C was suspected in a 46-year old man after consumption of sick poultry from a flock where botulism type C was confirmed. The patient developed characteristic signs of botulism, but investigation of biological samples did not confirm the presence of Clostridium botulinum or botulinum toxin. Despite having classical botulism symptoms, the man recovered very quickly. This raises the question of botulism transmission to humans by ingestion of contaminated poultry.

Subjects

Subjects :
Veterinary medicine
MESH: Foodborne Diseases/diagnosis
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
[SDV.BC.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Subcellular Processes [q-bio.SC]
medicine.disease_cause
MESH: Clostridium botulinum type C/isolation & purification
Poultry
Disease Outbreaks
Foodborne Diseases
MESH: Poultry
[SDV.BC.IC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Cell Behavior [q-bio.CB]
MESH: Botulism/pathology
Medicine
MESH: Animals
Botulism
0303 health sciences
Transmission (medicine)
Botulinum toxin
French Guiana
3. Good health
[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology
Infectious Diseases
Botulinum neurotoxin
MESH: Botulism/transmission
medicine.drug
MESH: French Guiana/epidemiology
MESH: Disease Transmission, Infectious
Clostridium botulinum type C
[SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Animals
Humans
030304 developmental biology
MESH: Disease Outbreaks
MESH: Humans
030306 microbiology
business.industry
MESH: Botulism/diagnosis
MESH: Foodborne Diseases/pathology
Outbreak
medicine.disease
[SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology
Poultry meat
Clostridium botulinum
Flock
business

Details

ISSN :
10759964 and 10958274
Volume :
56
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Anaerobe
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e92db5943e0e41a6494056ff1d9506be

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