1. Is botulism type C transmissible to human by consumption of contaminated poultry meat? Analysis of a suspect outbreak in French Guyana
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Elodie Brulez, Cécile Stagnetto, Christiane Attica, Gérald Egmann, Michel-Robert Popoff, Arnaud Martrenchar, Jean-Michel Fontanella, Jérome Gruenfeld, Félix Djossou, Céline Dupuy, Direction des Services Vétérinaires [Gyuane], Direction départementale de la protection des populations [Guyane], direction générale des outre-mer (DGOM), Ministère des Outre-Mer (MOM), Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et Botulisme - National Reference Center Anaerobic Bacteria and Botulism (CNR), Institut Pasteur [Paris], Michel Bouisse (Direction of health and social development, 97300 Cayenne, French Guyana) and Jean-Philippe Carlier (National Reference Center for Anaerobic bacteria and Botulism, Institut Pasteur, Paris) were coauthors and deceased during the process of the manuscript. We thank B. Stiles for reviewing the manuscript., and Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)
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Veterinary medicine ,MESH: Foodborne Diseases/diagnosis ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[SDV.BC.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Subcellular Processes [q-bio.SC] ,medicine.disease_cause ,MESH: Clostridium botulinum type C/isolation & purification ,Poultry ,Disease Outbreaks ,Foodborne Diseases ,MESH: Poultry ,[SDV.BC.IC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Cell Behavior [q-bio.CB] ,MESH: Botulism/pathology ,Medicine ,MESH: Animals ,Botulism ,0303 health sciences ,Transmission (medicine) ,Botulinum toxin ,French Guiana ,3. Good health ,[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology ,Infectious Diseases ,Botulinum neurotoxin ,MESH: Botulism/transmission ,medicine.drug ,MESH: French Guiana/epidemiology ,MESH: Disease Transmission, Infectious ,Clostridium botulinum type C ,[SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Disease Transmission, Infectious ,Animals ,Humans ,030304 developmental biology ,MESH: Disease Outbreaks ,MESH: Humans ,030306 microbiology ,business.industry ,MESH: Botulism/diagnosis ,MESH: Foodborne Diseases/pathology ,Outbreak ,medicine.disease ,[SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology ,Poultry meat ,Clostridium botulinum ,Flock ,business - Abstract
International audience; Botulism type C was suspected in a 46-year old man after consumption of sick poultry from a flock where botulism type C was confirmed. The patient developed characteristic signs of botulism, but investigation of biological samples did not confirm the presence of Clostridium botulinum or botulinum toxin. Despite having classical botulism symptoms, the man recovered very quickly. This raises the question of botulism transmission to humans by ingestion of contaminated poultry.
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- 2019