CDC调查ByHeart婴儿配方奶粉肉毒杆菌疫情：截至11月14日13州23名婴儿患病，全部住院、无死亡
美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）与美国食品药品管理局（FDA）及多个州的公共卫生官员正在调查一起与ByHeart全营养婴儿配方奶粉有关的多州婴儿肉毒杆菌疫情。
调查于11月8日公开：当时已报告10个州共13名疑似或确诊婴儿肉毒杆菌患儿，全部曾食用ByHeart配方奶粉。11月8日，加利福尼亚州公共卫生部婴儿肉毒杆菌治疗与预防项目在一罐已被患儿食用的开封奶粉中初步检出A型肉毒毒素。11月11日，随着新病例出现，FDA将召回建议扩大至ByHeart全部婴儿配方奶粉产品，此前该公司已先行召回两个批次。
截至11月14日，疫情已包括13个州的23名婴儿。CDC表示，全部23名婴儿均已住院并接受BabyBIG治疗，目前无死亡报告。CDC的全国肉毒杆菌监测系统每年记录约150至180例婴儿肉毒杆菌病例。调查仍在进行中，尚未发现其他婴儿配方品牌或共同暴露源构成风险，FDA预计此次疫情不会造成配方奶粉短缺。
图中是位于亚特兰大的美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）总部大楼。
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CDC Probes Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to ByHeart Formula: 23 Infants in 13 States as of November 14, All Hospitalized, No Deaths
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), together with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and public health officials in several states, is investigating a multistate outbreak of infant botulism linked to ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.
The investigation was announced on November 8, when 13 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism had been reported from 10 states, all of whom had been fed ByHeart formula. On November 8, the California Department of Public Health Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program preliminarily detected botulinum toxin type A in a culture from an opened can of the formula consumed by an infant with confirmed botulism. On November 11, as new cases emerged, the FDA expanded its recall recommendation to all ByHeart infant formula products, after the company had first recalled two lots.
As of November 14, the outbreak included 23 infants in 13 states. The CDC said all 23 infants were hospitalized and treated with BabyBIG, and no deaths have been reported. The CDC National Botulism Surveillance System records approximately 150 to 180 infant botulism cases each year. The investigation is ongoing; no other infant formula brands or shared exposures posing a risk have been identified, and the FDA does not anticipate formula shortages as a result of the outbreak.
来源：美国疾病控制与预防中心
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图片来源：图中是位于亚特兰大的美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）总部大楼。Wikimedia Commons / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public domain
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