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Wound Botulism in Black Tar Heroin Injecting Users: A Case Series
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2021 The incidence of wound botulism in injection drug users has increased since the introduction of black tar heroin. Many species of the Clostridium genus, most commonly Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium baratii , and Clostridium butyricum , have been ...
Nadia Raza MD +8 more
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A Novel Rabbit Spirometry Model of Type E Botulism and Its Use for the Evaluation of Postsymptom Antitoxin Efficacy [PDF]
, 2018 Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), the most poisonous substances known in nature, pose significant concern to health authorities. The only approved therapeutic for botulism is antitoxin.
Arnon Tal +8 more
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Pediatric Botulism and Use of Equine Botulinum Antitoxin in Children: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017 Botulism manifests with cranial nerve palsies and flaccid paralysis in children and adults. Botulism must be rapidly identified and treated; however, clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of noninfant botulism in children are not well described.We searched 12 databases for peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed reports with primary data on botulism
Stephanie E, Griese +6 more
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Detection of Botulinum Type E Toxin in Channel Catfish with Visceral Toxicosis Syndrome Using Catfish Bioassay and Endopep Mass Spectrometry [PDF]
, 2007 Visceral toxicosis of catfish (VTC) is a syndrome characterized by sudden mortality in apparently healthy market- and brooder-sized catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus).
Patricia S. Gaunt +2 more
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BOTOX injection to treat strabismus after infant botulism type B infection
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020 Purpose: The significance of botulinum toxin to ophthalmologists is twofold. Botulism, a medical emergency, frequently presents with ocular findings including blurred vision, diplopia, ptosis, and photophobia as a result of the neurotoxin produced by ...
Sarah G. Bonaffini +2 more
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CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B TOXOIDS [PDF]
, 1947 Fluid and alum-precipitated C. botulinum Type B toxoids were prepared by methods very similar to those used in the production of Type A toxoid, as described in a preceding paper.
E. F. Pallister +3 more
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Безопасность и риск фармакотерапииINTRODUCTION. The outbreak of foodborne botulism that occurred in Russia in June 2024 once again demonstrated the danger of this rather rare but severe infectious disease caused by ingesting botulinum neurotoxin.
E. M. Eliseeva +2 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021 Botulism, a rare life-threatening toxemia, is probably underdiagnosed in all of its forms in Africa. This study reports the first laboratory-supported case of infant botulism on the African continent.
Marné N. Vosloo +10 more
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TITRATION OF BOTULINUM ANTITOXIN OF LOW LEVELS BY THE SCORE METHOD
Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology, 1990 Botulinum antitoxin is commonly titrated by injecting a mixture of toxin and antitoxin into mice and by utilizing deaths as a marker to measure the amount of unneutralized toxin. We attempted to titrate antitoxin by converting the severity of symptoms (notably palsy) and time-to-death in days into scores.
TAKAHASHI, Motohide +3 more
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Wound botulism caused by Clostridium subterminale after a heroin injection
Infectious Disease Reports, 2018 Botulism is caused by toxin production from many species of Clostridium, most commonly Clostridium botulinum as well as C. baratii and C. butyricum. Development of wound botulism is associated with injection drug users but has also been described in ...
Paris A. Cook +3 more
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