An Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Ontario

Botulism is a rare paralytic illness resulting from a potent neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. Botulism in Canada is predominately due to C botulinum type E and affects mainly the First Nations and Inuit populations. The most recent outbreak of botulism in Ontario was in Ottawa in 1991 a...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Loutfy, Mona R, Austin, John W, Blanchfield, Burke, Fong, Ignatius W
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Canada
First Nations
inuit
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/82314
https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/601525
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spelling ftunivtoronto:oai:localhost:1807/82314 2023-05-15T16:16:05+02:00 An Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Ontario Loutfy, Mona R Austin, John W Blanchfield, Burke Fong, Ignatius W 2003-01-01 http://hdl.handle.net/1807/82314 https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/601525 en eng Mona R Loutfy, John W Austin, Burke Blanchfield, and Ignatius W Fong, “An Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Ontario,” Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 206-209, 2003. doi:10.1155/2003/601525 https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/601525 http://hdl.handle.net/1807/82314 Copyright © 2003 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Journal Article 2003 ftunivtoronto https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/601525 2020-06-17T12:10:32Z Botulism is a rare paralytic illness resulting from a potent neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. Botulism in Canada is predominately due to C botulinum type E and affects mainly the First Nations and Inuit populations. The most recent outbreak of botulism in Ontario was in Ottawa in 1991 and was caused by C botulinum type A. We report an outbreak of foodborne type B botulism in Ontario, which implicated home-canned tomatoes. The outbreak was characterized by mild symptoms in two cases and moderately severe illness in one case. The investigation shows the importance of considering the diagnosis of botulism in patients presenting with cranial nerve and autonomic dysfunction, especially when combined with gastrointestinal complaints; it also highlights the importance of proper home canning technique. Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit University of Toronto: Research Repository T-Space Canada Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases 14 4 206 209
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description Botulism is a rare paralytic illness resulting from a potent neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. Botulism in Canada is predominately due to C botulinum type E and affects mainly the First Nations and Inuit populations. The most recent outbreak of botulism in Ontario was in Ottawa in 1991 and was caused by C botulinum type A. We report an outbreak of foodborne type B botulism in Ontario, which implicated home-canned tomatoes. The outbreak was characterized by mild symptoms in two cases and moderately severe illness in one case. The investigation shows the importance of considering the diagnosis of botulism in patients presenting with cranial nerve and autonomic dysfunction, especially when combined with gastrointestinal complaints; it also highlights the importance of proper home canning technique. Peer Reviewed
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author Loutfy, Mona R
Austin, John W
Blanchfield, Burke
Fong, Ignatius W
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