TY - JOUR AU - Vugia, Duc J. AU - Mase, Sundari R. AU - Cole, Barbara AU - Stiles, John AU - Rosenberg, Jon AU - Velasquez, Linda AU - Radner, Allen AU - Inami, Greg T1 - Botulism from Drinking Pruno T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 69 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Foodborne botulism occurred among inmates at 2 prisons in California in 2004 and 2005. In the first outbreak, 4 inmates were hospitalized, 2 of whom required intubation. In the second event, 1 inmate required intubation. Pruno, an alcoholic drink made illicitly in prisons, was the novel vehicle for these cases. KW - Botulism KW - Clostridium botulinum KW - botulinum toxin KW - pruno KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1501.081024 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/1/08-1024_article ER - End of Reference