Botulism and Commercial Chicken Pie with Cream Cheese in the City of Atibaia (SP) – February 2006
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botulismo, botulismo alimentar, torta de frango, requeijão, segurança de alimentos, vigilância epidemiológica, botulism, foodborne botulism, chicken pie, cream cheese, food safety, epidemiologic surveillanceAbstract
Foodborne botulism, a severe neuroparalytic disease, is caused by ingesting of food containing preformed Clostridium botulinun neurotoxin. Although, cases of botulism have been usually associated with canned vegetables, fruits or meat, generally homemade products, it is not improbable that the disease can be caused by other kind of food. On February 02, 2006, the Epidemiologic Surveillance Group from Hospital das Clínicas, from School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, in the city of São Paulo, notified to the Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance one suspected botulism case, resident in the city of Atibaia, SP. Type A toxin was detected in a serum sample from the patient and in the suspected food. This report summarizes the findings of the botulism investigation, which linked disease to the ingestion of commercial chicken pie with cream cheese. Based on clinical features, therapeutic antitoxin was promptly administrated to the patient. Educational and sanitary measures were developed to prevent new cases.
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