In October of 1993, the Satilla Regional Medical Center in Waycross, Georgia notified the Ware County Board of Health and the Division of Public Health of four possible cases of botulism. All patients developed symptoms within a few days after eating from a restaurant. A subsequent epidemiologic investigation identified eight confirmed cases and implicated the cheese sauce component of the barbecued stuffed potatoes as the source of type A botulinal toxin. The process by which the cheese sauce was contaminated was unclear. Clinical Case Definition Ingestion of botulina toxin can result in an illness of variable severity.
Common symptoms are diplopia, blurred vision, and bulbar weakness.
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