Epidemiology of botulism in the north-western Romania-a 7-year survey

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TitreEpidemiology of botulism in the north-western Romania-a 7-year survey
Type de publicationJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuteursNegrut N, Aleya L, Behl T, Diaconu CC, Munteanu MA, Babes EE, Toma MM, Bungau S
JournalENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume28
Pagination64234-64240
Date PublishedDEC
Type of ArticleArticle
ISSN0944-1344
Mots-clésBotulism, Clostridium botulinum, epidemiology, Homemade ham, public health
Résumé

{Botulism is a rare, acute, life-threatening neuro-paralysis. The digestive onset may raise diagnostic issues. The objective of our study was to analyze the clinical and epidemiological data of patients diagnosed with botulism and hospitalized in ``Gavril Curteanu'' Municipal Clinical Hospital (Oradea, Romania). Detection of the Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin (type B) in the laboratories of the National Institute of Medical-Military Research Development ``Cantacuzino'', Bucharest, Romania (using the mouse bioassays method) confirmed the diagnostics. The statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS software. Forty-eight patients with the diagnosis of foodborne botulism were hospitalized between 2012 and 2018 (36.92% of the total number of cases of botulism reported in Romania). The winter-spring period was the period when most cases were registered (36 patients

DOI10.1007/s11356-021-15576-w