An atypical outbreak of food-borne botulism due to Clostridium botulinum types B and E from ham.

ABSTRACT: An outbreak of human botulism was due to consumption of ham containing botulinum neurotoxins B and E. A Clostridium botulinum type E strain isolated from ham was assigned to a new subtype (E12) based on bont/E gene sequencing and belongs to a new multilocus sequence subtype, as analyzed by whole-genome sequencing.

SUBMITTER: Mazuet C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4298549 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature