CASES OF TYPE E BOTULISM ON SAKHALIN

In August 1965 on Sakhalin 8 persons became ill with type botulism. One of these died. The cause of poisoning was eating smoked kunzha. Clinical diagnosis was confirmed by the detection of toxin in the contents of the stomach of the diseased patient and the isolation of toxigenic cultures of the typ...

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Main Authors: Mazurin,N. D., Merslakov,A. P.
Other Authors: ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Medicine and Medical Research
Toxicology
(*CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
*DISEASES)
FOOD POISONING
IMMUNE SERUMS
INJECTIONS(MEDICINE)
THERAPY
FISHES
SERODIAGNOSIS
TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS
CULTURE MEDIA
STOMACH
USSR
TRANSLATIONS
Sakhalin
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Summary:In August 1965 on Sakhalin 8 persons became ill with type botulism. One of these died. The cause of poisoning was eating smoked kunzha. Clinical diagnosis was confirmed by the detection of toxin in the contents of the stomach of the diseased patient and the isolation of toxigenic cultures of the type E botulism causative agent from organs of the corpse, wash water from the stomach of a patient, and fragments of the smoked fish which was eaten by the victims. (Author) Trans. of Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii (USSR) v44 n3 p123-125 1967.

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