Infant botulism in the United States: An epidemiologic study of cases occurring outside of California

Extract: 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...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1983-12, Vol.73 (12), p.1385-1388
Main Authors: Morris, J. Glenn Jr, Snyder, John D, Wilson, Rickey, Feldman, Roger A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Weight
Bottle Feeding
Botulism - epidemiology
Botulism - microbiology
Breast Feeding
Clostridium botulinum
Continental Population Groups
Educational Status
Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death
Female
Humans
Infant
Intensive care medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Mothers
United States
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Summary:Extract: 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 and New Mexico. Birth-weights of hospitalized infants with infant botulism tended to be high compared with birth-weights in the United States population. Mothers of infants with infant botulism tended to be older and better educated than mothers in the general population. Seventy per cent of infants had been predominantly breast-fed; breast-feeding in type B cases was associated with a significantly older age at onset of illness. (author)
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.73.12.1385