Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in an Immigrant Community: Overcoming Delayed Disease Recognition, Ambiguous Epidemiologic Links, and Cultural Barriers to Identify the Cause | Zendy

R. Reid Harvey | Zendy; R. Lyle Cooper | Zendy; Sarah D. Bennett | Zendy; Matt Richardson | Zendy; Deree Duke | Zendy; Casie Stoughton | Zendy; Roger D. Smalligan | Zendy; Linda Gaul | Zendy; Cherie Drenzek | Zendy; Patricia M. Griffin | Zendy; Aimee Geissler | Zendy; Agam K. Rao | Zendy

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Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in an Immigrant Community: Overcoming Delayed Disease Recognition, Ambiguous Epidemiologic Links, and Cultural Barriers to Identify the Cause

Author(s) -

R. Reid Harvey,

R. Lyle Cooper,

Sarah D. Bennett,

Matt Richardson,

Deree Duke,

Casie Stoughton,

Roger D. Smalligan,

Linda Gaul,

Cherie Drenzek,

Patricia M. Griffin,

Aimee Geissler,

Agam K. Rao

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix817

Subject(s) - botulism , outbreak , medicine , immigration , environmental health , disease , epidemiology , virology , pathology , geography , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , archaeology

We describe a botulism outbreak involving 4 Middle Eastern men complicated by delayed diagnosis, ambiguous epidemiologic links among patients, and illness onset dates inconsistent with a point-source exposure. Homemade turshi, a fermented vegetable dish, was the likely cause. Patients ate turshi at 2 locations on different days over 1 month.

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