Volume
15, Number 1–January 2009
Dispatch
Botulism
from Drinking Pruno
Duc J. Vugia,  Sundari R. Mase,1 Barbara
Cole, John Stiles, Jon Rosenberg, Linda Velasquez,2 Allen Radner, and Greg Inami
Author affiliations: California Department of Public Health,3 Richmond,
California, USA (D.J. Vugia, S.R. Mase, J. Rosenberg, G. Inami);
Riverside County Department of Public Health, Riverside, California, USA (B.
Cole); California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Riverside (J.
Stiles); Monterey County Health Agency, Monterey, California, USA (L.
Velasquez); and Natividad Medical Center, Salinas,
California, USA (A. Radner)
Source of Article: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/1/69.htm
Suggested
citation for this article
Abstract
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.
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