• Emerging Infect. Dis. · Jan 2009

    Botulism from drinking pruno.

    • Duc J Vugia, Sundari R Mase, Barbara Cole, John Stiles, Jon Rosenberg, Linda Velasquez, Allen Radner, and Greg Inami.
    • Infectious Diseases Branch, California Department of Public Health, 850 Marina Bay Pkwy, Bldg P, 2nd Floor, Richmond, CA 94804, USA. duc.vugia@cdph.ca.gov
    • Emerging Infect. Dis. 2009 Jan 1;15(1):69-71.

    AbstractFoodborne 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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