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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, p. 4280-4282, Vol. 43, No. 8
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.4280-4282.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Case of Infant Botulism Caused by Clostridium baratii Type F in California

Jason R. Barash, Tania W. H. Tang,{dagger} and Stephen S. Arnon*

Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, California 94804

Received 23 February 2005/ Returned for modification 30 March 2005/ Accepted 23 April 2005

In late 2003 a severely hypotonic neonate, just 38 h old at onset of illness, was found to have infant botulism caused by neurotoxigenic Clostridium baratii type F. Environmental investigations failed to identify a source of this strain. This is the youngest patient reported to have infant botulism and the fifth instance of infant botulism caused by C. baratii type F.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, California Department of Health Services, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Room E-361, Richmond, CA 94804. Phone: (510) 231-7600. Fax: (510) 231-7609. E-mail: sarnon{at}dhs.ca.gov.

{dagger} Present address: Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, p. 4280-4282, Vol. 43, No. 8
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.4280-4282.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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