Why Botulism Is Found in Canned Foods
A church potluck botulism outbreak in Ohio left one dead, and sickened at least 28 others. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Ohio botulism outbreak grows
More cases are reported as investigators try to track down the source of the deadly bacteria (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Church potluck food tested after botulism outbreak
Investigators are trying to pinpoint which dish served at an Ohio church potluck was behind a botulism outbreak that killed one person and may have sickened dozens more.
Health officials will be testing 23 samples from Sunday's event at Cross Pointe F... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - April 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Watch: One Woman Dies, 23 Others Sickened in Church Potluck Botulism Outbreak
Contaminated food at a Cross Pointe Free Will Baptist Church potluck is suspected to be the cause of the outbreak in Lancaster, Ohio. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Botulism In Ohio: What You Need To Know
A 54-year-old woman who recently attended a church potluck dinner in central Ohio, and was subsequently diagnosed with foodborne botulism, has died, according to health officials today. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 23, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Glatter, MD Source Type: news
54-Year-Old Woman Dies in Church Potluck Botulism Outbreak
Up to 60 people attended an Ohio church potluck where 24 are thought to have become ill. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
One dead, 23 others sick from suspected botulism at Ohio church
(Reuters) - A woman has died and 23 others were sickened by a suspected botulism outbreak after a potluck lunch at an Ohio church, health officials said on Wednesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Deadly botulism outbreak after church potluck
A 54-year-old woman has died and others are hospitalized after being poisoned with botulism at a church potluck dinner in central Ohio, health officials said Wednesday.
Botulism is rarely fatal. Its symptoms typically begin within 36 hours of consumin... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ohio botulism outbreak kills 1, hospitalizes 20
One person has died and at least 20 others were hospitalized after an outbreak of botulism following a potluck dinner at a central Ohio church. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suspected botulism kills one after church dinner
Twenty people are hospitalized and one is dead due to a suspected botulism outbreak in Lancaster, Ohio, near Columbus. All of them attended a potluck dinner over the weekend at a church. CBS Columbus affiliate WBNS has the story. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
1 dead, at least 18 ill from suspected botulism in Ohio
Health officials link the outbreak to a church picnic (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
1 Dead, 20 Sickened by Botulism After Church Potluck
Five people were in critical condition from botulism poisoning, according to the hospital. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Infant Botulism Caused by Clostridium baratii Type F — Iowa, 2013
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 17, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
What Temperature Should Food Be Cooked To for Botulism Prevention?
Discussion
Clostridium botulinum is a gram-positive, motile, anaerobic rod. C. botulinum produces spores which themselves produce a toxin that causes paralytic disease which may be fatal. About 145 cases per year are reported in the US.
Foodborne botulism is caused by eating food contaminated with the spores or toxin. 15% of US cases yearly.
Wound botulism is caused by a wound that is infected with the spores which produces toxin causing botulism. 20% of cases yearly.
Infantile botulism is considered separate from foodborne botulism and is caused by consuming the spores and the toxin is produced in the infant’s gut...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 23, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Global Botulism Clinical Trials Market Review on Companies, Institutes...
This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Botulism.(PRWeb December 03, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/botulism-clinical-trials/market-review-h2-2014/prweb12365512.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - December 4, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
