First Report Worldwide of an Infant Botulism Case Due to Clostridium botulinum Type E▿

摘要

Clostridium botulinum type E has been associated with botulism in adults but never in infants. Infant botulism type E cases have been associated with neurotoxigenic strains of C. butyricum. We report the first infant botulism case due to C. botulinum type E worldwide.