Poison News | Poison News – Poison Information

clostridium botulinum

06/13/2018 / By Janine Acero

Improperly home-canned green beans sent couple to the hospital with botulism; after 5 months in intensive care, they recovered completely

A married couple from Germany were left paralyzed and fighting for their lives in intensive care for about five months after eating some home-canned green beans. The anonymous husband and wife were diagnosed with botulism, an extremely rare but life-threatening bacterial illness. Botulism is caused by the Clostridium botulinum bacteria which grow on food and produce lethal neurotoxins. When […]

1 of 1