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Evaluation and isolation of Clostridium botulinum type E from fresh and smoked Cyprinus carpio, Rutilus frisii kutum and Hypophtalmicthys molitrix [PDF]
Majallah-i ̒Ilmī-i Shīlāt-i Īrān, 1999 In this study experiments were conducted to evaluate Clostridium botulinum type E in fresh and smoked Cyprinus carpio (60 samples) Rutilus frisii kutum (60 samples) and Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (60 samples). One hundred and eighty samples of fish were
R. Safari; I. Khandaghi
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Human Vaccines & ImmunotherapeuticsAmong all natural and synthetic toxins, botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced by Clostridium botulinum in an anaerobic environment, are the most toxic polymer proteins.
Gulisaina Qiaerxie +8 more
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Outbreak of foodborne botulism in Alexandria, Egypt: modulating indications for administration of heptavalent botulinum antitoxin [PDF]
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 Abstract Background: In October 2019, 94 patients were admitted into Alexandria Poison Center (APC) with a history of ingestion of Feseekh (salted fish). As a trial to allocate the resources, not all patients were given Heptavalent botulinum antitoxin (HBAT) immediately.The current study aimed to portray the clinical characteristics of the ...
Sara Attia Ghitani +4 more
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Botulism outbreak in a rural Ethiopia: a case series
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Foodborne botulism, a toxin-mediated illness caused by Clostridium botulinum, is a public health emergency. Types A, B, and E C. botulinum toxins commonly cause human disease.
Tigist Bacha +8 more
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New equine antitoxins to botulinum neurotoxins serotypes A and B [PDF]
Biologicals, 2012 Hyperimmune monovalent antitoxins to botulinum neurotoxin serotypes A and B have been produced by immunizing horses with newly developed formalin toxoids. After primary immunization, horses developed acceptable prophylactic antibody titers (1-5 IU/mL). Three horses received additional toxoid booster injections to induce hyperimmune antibody titers with
D, Li, P, Mattoo, J E, Keller
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EGYPTIAN PROTOCOL FOR MANAGEMENT OF BOTULISM
Egyptian Society of Clinical Toxicology Journal, 2019 Botulism is a muscle-paralyzing disease caused by a toxin made by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum. Botulinum toxin binds irreversibly to presynaptic nerve endings at neuromuscular junctions.
Samah Elnagdy
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Clinical cases of atypical and severe botulism
Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2020 The aim of the work was to present two clinical cases of botulism: the atypical course and the severe course with late administration of heptavalent botulinum antitoxin, which still had a significant positive clinical effect and contributed to a faster ...
O. L. Ivakhiv, N. Yu. Vyshnevska
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Foodborne Botulism: Neglected Diagnosis
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2019 Botulism is rare neuroparalytic disease caused by botulinum toxin, one of the most toxic substances known. Foodborne botulism is caused by consumption of foods contaminated with botulinum toxin.
Nuno Zarcos Palma +3 more
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Antitoxin reduces botulinum side effects [PDF]
Eye, 1988 Les neurotoxines de C.b., tres toxiques, agissent par inhibition de liberation d'acetylcholine, neurotransmetteur. La nature specifique de cette inhibition est discutee etl la preparation de toxine de type A purifiee specifiquement pour usage clinique est ...
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 Food-borne botulism is a rare, acute and potentially fatal neurologic disorder that results from ingestion of food contaminated by botulinum toxin released from the anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
Oyeladun Okunromade +10 more
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