Only 15 Percent of Infant Botulism Cases Attributed to Honey

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Only 15 Percent of Infant Botulism Cases Attributed to Honey

 

 

 

A Sickening Situation

 

By Martha Bonnie, Emergency Medical Services, September 2007

 

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Foodborne illnesses in the United States are quite common. According to

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), foodborne

microorganisms cause 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and

over 5,000 deaths each year...

 

 

 

Botulism, a bacterial infection, can be fatal for infants and adults.

Botulism is sometimes associated with infants who have consumed honey,

which can contain spores of Clostridium botulinum even after

processing…