1979
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(79)80863-x
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Honey and other environmental risk factors for infant botulism

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“…36,37,50 Furthermore, exposure to honey has been implicated as a significant risk factor for type B IB. 50 A survey of honey samples not associated with cases of IB found that 7.5% contained C. botulinum, toxin producing type A or type B or both. The honeys that contained C. botulinum originated in various parts of the USA.…”
Section: Preventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…36,37,50 Furthermore, exposure to honey has been implicated as a significant risk factor for type B IB. 50 A survey of honey samples not associated with cases of IB found that 7.5% contained C. botulinum, toxin producing type A or type B or both. The honeys that contained C. botulinum originated in various parts of the USA.…”
Section: Preventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5 Milk formulas often included honey, which increases the risk of infant botulism (Arnon, Midura, Damus, Thompson, Wood, and Chin, 1979). 6 The situation of children born to single mothers and children born out of wedlock was of special concern, as these children had 70 to 100 percent higher mortality rates than children born to married mothers in the 1930s.…”
Section: Historical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Experiencias en ratones demostraron que la microflora normal impide la colonización aunque la miel contenga hasta un millón de esporas, cifra que cae a diez si se trata de ratones criados cell-free 15 . Arnon logró reunir una casuística de 26 lactantes, menores de un año, que enfermaron entre los 14 y los 351 días de vida, porque sus torpes padres les dieron a comer miel conteniendo entre diez y cien esporas 16 . Considerando que la toxina botulínica es el veneno más potente conocido, con una dosis letal 50 de 1 mg/kg peso corporal, los efectos fueron desastrosos.…”
Section: Walter Ledermann D* the History Of Clostridium Botulinumunclassified