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. 1986 Jan;23(1):201-2.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.23.1.201-202.1986.

Characterization of an organism that produces type E botulinal toxin but which resembles Clostridium butyricum from the feces of an infant with type E botulism

L M McCroskey, C L Hatheway, L Fenicia, B Pasolini, P Aureli

Characterization of an organism that produces type E botulinal toxin but which resembles Clostridium butyricum from the feces of an infant with type E botulism

L M McCroskey et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Jan.

Abstract

The apparent causative organism from the only reported case of type E infant botulism was isolated and characterized. Except for its ability to produce type E botulinal toxin, this organism (strain 5262) would be unquestionably identified as Clostridium butyricum. This is the second time an organism resembling a defined Clostridium species other than a member of the C. botulinum group has been implicated in infant botulism.

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