Kevin Chatham‐Stephens
Biographic Data
| ID | 10244281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Chatham‐Stephens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Chatham‐Stephens |
| SIGNATURE | STEPHENS K C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0511-992X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mild Botulism From Illicitly Brewed Alcohol in a Large Prison Outbreak in Mississippi
Botulism is typically described as a rapidly progressing, severe neuroparalytic disease. Foodborne botulism is transmitted through consuming food or drink that has been contaminated with botulinum toxin. During a botulism outbreak linked to illicitly brewed alcohol (also known as “hooch” or “pruno”) in a prison, 11 (35%) of 31 inmates that consumed contaminated hooch had mild illnesses. This includes 2 inmates with laboratory confirmed botulism. …
Wound Botulism Among Persons Who Inject Black Tar Heroin in New Mexico, 2016
Outbreaks of wound botulism are rare, but clinicians and health departments should maintain suspicion for signs, symptoms, and risk factors of wound botulism among persons who inject drugs in order to initiate treatment quickly. This report describes an outbreak of three wound botulism cases among persons in two adjacent counties who injected drugs. Provisional information about these cases was previously published in the CDC National Botulism Su…
Building Children’s Preparedness Capacity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention One Event at a Time, 2009–2018
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Building Children’s Preparedness Capacity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention One Event at a Time, 2009–2018
Mild Botulism From Illicitly Brewed Alcohol in a Large Prison Outbreak in Mississippi
Botulism is typically described as a rapidly progressing, severe neuroparalytic disease. Foodborne botulism is transmitted through consuming food or drink that has been contaminated with botulinum toxin. During a botulism outbreak linked to illicitly brewed alcohol (also known as “hooch” or “pruno”) in a prison, 11 (35%) of 31 inmates that consumed contaminated hooch had mild illnesses. This includes 2 inmates with laboratory confirmed botulism. …
Wound Botulism Among Persons Who Inject Black Tar Heroin in New Mexico, 2016
Outbreaks of wound botulism are rare, but clinicians and health departments should maintain suspicion for signs, symptoms, and risk factors of wound botulism among persons who inject drugs in order to initiate treatment quickly. This report describes an outbreak of three wound botulism cases among persons in two adjacent counties who injected drugs. Provisional information about these cases was previously published in the CDC National Botulism Su…
Medicine (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (2 works) · Botulism (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Microbiology (2 works) · Outbreak (2 works) · Virology (2 works) · Anesthesia (1 works) · Botulinum toxin (1 works)