Laboratory confirmation of an infant botulism case caused by type E BoNT producing Clostridium butyricum
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1.NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment,Beijing 100021, China;2.Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300011, China;3.College of Food Science and Bioengineering, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300384, China

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    Objective Laboratory confirmation was conducted on 44 stool, food and environmental samples from a suspected case of infant botulism.Methods According to the National Standard GB 4789.12—2016, Clostridium spp. isolation, identification and botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) determination were carried out.Results Mice injected with the culture supernatant of infant’s and mother’s hand swabs, infant’s diaper swab, infant’s stool and enema samples exhibited the typical signs of botulism before death. The toxicity of culture was enhanced after the treatment by trypsin. The polyvalent BoNTs antitoxin and the monovalent BoNT type E antitoxin could protect mice from death. Also, Clostridium was isolated from the above samples and further characterized by morphological characteristics, virulence gene PCR and strain identification qPCR. The result showed that Clostridium isolated from these samples were C. butyricum that harbors bont/e gene.Conclusion The patient was diagnosed with type E BoNT poisoning that produced by C. butyricum.

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LI Menghan, BAI Li, LI Fengqin, HU Yujie, ZHAO Shuai, LIN Xiaohui, LI Xin, JIANG Tao, DONG Yinping. Laboratory confirmation of an infant botulism case caused by type E BoNT producing Clostridium butyricum[J].中国食品卫生杂志,2024,36(12):1305-1310.

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  • Received:December 20,2024
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