date:Jul 09, 2013
toms and the previous patients history, but they could not detect botulinum toxin in any lab samples.
Patient #2 was released on April 18.
Patient #1 had shared home-fermented tofu with his wife, who did not exhibit any symptoms of poisoning. Investigators isolated botulinum from Patient #1s tofu, but could not find it on the sample taken from Patient #2, nor from samples taken from the grocery store in March.
The investigation was made difficult by the fact that tofu is not often associated