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Emergence of Clostridium botulinum type B-like nontoxigenic organisms in a patient with type B infant botulism
K Yamakawa1, T Karasawa, H Kakinuma
1Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
We encountered a patient with infant botulism caused by a single clone of Clostridium botulinum type B. In the early convalescent phase, a C. botulinum type B-like nontoxigenic organism emerged in the feces instead. Growth inhibition of toxigenic strains by nontoxigenic strains was examined.