Table 4.
Detection of BoNT in the serum of infants with botulism.
| Country | Year | Number of Infant’s Sera | Toxin-Positive Sera | BoNT Type | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | E | |||||
| USA | 1975–1987 | 67 | 9 | 8 | 1 | [90] | |
| Australia | 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 1 | [91] | ||
| Australia | 1982 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [92] | ||
| Japan | 1986–1987 | 2 | 2 | 2 | [93] | ||
| Italy | 1984–2008 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 2 | [94,95] | |
| UK | 1994–2007 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | [96] | |
| Denmark | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [97] | ||
| UK | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 1 | [98] | ||
| Finland | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 1 | [99] | ||
| USA | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [100] | ||
| Denmark | 2008 | 1 | 1 3 | [101] | |||
| Portugal | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 1 | [102] | ||
| Finland | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [103] | ||
| France | 2004–2016 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | [48,49,104,105,106,107,108,109]. | |
| Denmark | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [110] | ||
| Argentina | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [111] | ||
| Total | 112 | 31 | |||||
1C. botulinum B in feces, 2 C. butyricum E in feces, 3 Botulinum toxin type not identified.