First report of foodborne botulism due to Clostridium botulinum type A(B) from vegetarian home-canned pate in Hanoi, Vietnam

Le Huy Hoang; Tang Thi Nga; Nguyen Thuy Tram; Le Thi Trang; Hoang Thi Thu Ha; Tran Huy Hoang; Dang Duc Anh; Pham Bao Yen; Nguyen Trung Nguyen; Masatomo Morita; Tsuyoshi Kenri; Mitsutoshi Senoh

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102514

First report of foodborne botulism due to Clostridium botulinum type A(B) from vegetarian home-canned pate in Hanoi, Vietnam

Anaerobe. 2022 Oct:77:102514. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102514. Epub 2022 Jan 8.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Viet Nam.
² Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Viet Nam. Electronic address: ntt3@nihe.org.vn.
³ Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein technology, Vietnam National University, University of Science, Viet Nam.
⁴ Poison Control Centre, Bach Mai Hospital, Viet Nam.
⁵ Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
⁶ Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
⁷ Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan. Electronic address: senoh@nih.go.jp.

PMID: 35007729
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102514

Abstract

Even one case of foodborne botulism constitutes a public health emergency. We report a series of cases with delayed treatment due to delayed diagnosis. Clostridium botulinum type A(B) was isolated from vegetarian home-canned pate, but not from stool samples. These are the first recorded cases of foodborne botulism in Hanoi.

Keywords: Clostridium botulinum type A(B); Food contamination; Foodborne botulism.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Botulism* / diagnosis
Clostridium botulinum type A*
Clostridium botulinum*
Food Microbiology
Humans
Vegetarians
Vietnam