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First case of infant botulism in Portugal

dc.contributor.authorSaraiva, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorCampos Cunha, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorCosta Bonito, Conceição
dc.contributor.authorPena, Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorToscano, M. Manuel
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira Lopes, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorCalhau, Maria Antónia
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-25T16:45:26Z
dc.date.available2012-01-25T16:45:26Z
dc.date.issued2012-01-03
dc.description.abstractA clinical case of infant botulism was detected in Portugal. This rare occurrence was detected in a child provided from an immigrant family from Eastern Europe. Apart from breast milk, the parents also gave him honey and chamomile tea. Clostridium botulinum type B was identified after bacterial isolation in child faeces, honey and chamomile herbs samples. The Botulism neurotoxin (BoNT) B was detected in the faeces according to CDC Atlanta specific procedures.por
dc.identifier.citationFood Control. 2012 Jul;26(1):79–80por
dc.identifier.issn0956-7135
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.01.010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/408
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevierpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713512000114por
dc.subjectInfant botulismpor
dc.subjectPortugalpor
dc.subjectClostridium botulinum type Bpor
dc.subjectHoneypor
dc.subjectChamomile herbspor
dc.subjectBotulism neurotoxin (BoNT) Bpor
dc.subjectSegurança Alimentarpor
dc.titleFirst case of infant botulism in Portugalpor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleFood Controlpor
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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