Primer brote de botulismo por Clostridium botulinum subtipo Af. / [First outbreak of botulism caused by Clostridium botulinum subtype Af]
Rev. argent. microbiol
; 18(1): 29-31, 1986.
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| ID: bin-52827
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ABSTRACT
In December 1982 an outbreak of foodborne botulism presumably produced by the ingestion of home-made pickled trout occurred in San Rafael, province of Mendoza, Argentina. The toxin detected in blood serum and feces samples of the sole affected patient was preliminarily typed as a plain type A. A strain of Clostridium botulinum was isolated from feces which, after culture by the dialysis method, produced 1 x 10(7) LD50/mouse per ml. Quantitative neutralization tests carried out at different levels of toxin concentration, showed that this toxin consists of a major type A antigenic component (about 99
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Rev. argent. microbiol
Año:
1986
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