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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2260-2262, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2260-2262.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Botulism Due to Clostridium baratii Type F Toxin

Sydney M. Harvey,1* Joan Sturgeon,1 and David E. Dassey2

Public Health Laboratory,1 Acute Communicable Disease Control Unit, County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California2

Received 31 October 2001/ Returned for modification 23 January 2002/ Accepted 19 March 2002

Botulism results from consumption of preformed toxin or in vivo toxin elaboration in wounds or intestine. Of U.S. food-borne botulism cases since 1950, the majority were due to toxin A, but a significant number of suspect cases were never confirmed by culture or toxin detection. We report here a possible case of food-borne botulism attributed to toxin F production by a Clostridium baratii organism isolated from food consumed by the patient. The isolation of a toxin-producing Clostridium species other than Clostridium botulinum from food and stool requires deviation from the usual laboratory protocols, which may account for the lack of complete laboratory confirmation of clinically diagnosed cases.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Public Health Laboratory, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, 313 N. Figueroa St., Room 1127, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Phone: (213) 250-8619. Fax: (213) 481-2375. E-mail: sharvey{at}dhs.co.la.ca.us.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2260-2262, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2260-2262.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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