Clinical Recovery and Circulating Botulinum Toxin Type F in Adult Patient
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 A 56-year-old woman in Helena, Montana, USA, who showed clinical signs of paralysis, received antitoxins to botulinum toxins A, B, and E within 24 hours; nevertheless, symptoms progressed to complete quadriplegia. On day 8, she began moving spontaneously,
Jeremy Sobel +5 more
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Septic shock due to Clostridium botulinum: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Background Clostridium botulinum is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that forms spores and the neurotoxin botulinum. It is best known for its toxin-induced flaccid paralytic disease, which is deadly without correct treatment.
P. M. L. Zomer, M. J. A. Kamps
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Discussion of unique properties of botulinum toxins [PDF]
, 2009 The individual properties of botulinum toxins are ...
Albanese, Alberto
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Construction of Nontoxigenic Mutants of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum NCTC 11219 by Insertional Mutagenesis and Gene Replacement. [PDF]
, 2016 <p><b>UNLABELLED: </b>Group II nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum (gIICb) strains are an important concern for the safety of minimally processed ready-to-eat foods, because they can grow and produce botulinum neurotoxin during ...
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Mass Spectrometric Detection of Bacterial Protein Toxins and Their Enzymatic Activity
Toxins, 2015 Mass spectrometry has recently become a powerful technique for bacterial identification. Mass spectrometry approaches generally rely upon introduction of the bacteria into a matrix-assisted laser-desorption time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer ...
Suzanne R. Kalb +2 more
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Treatment of segmental continuous hypertrophic myokymia of the limb with botulinum A toxin
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 Myokymia is defined as fluctuating hyperexcitability of muscle fibers caused by repetitive spontaneous contraction of motor units. Myokymia is generally benign with self-resolution, although symptomatic treatment with benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants ...
Muhammad Ismail Khalid Yousaf +5 more
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Wide range applications of botulinum toxin in medicine - literature review
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Introduction and purpose : Botulinum toxin is one of the most dangerous natural toxins. Botulinum toxin poisoning causes botulism. Botulism is a set of systemic symptoms resulting from flaccid muscle paralysis.
Aleksandra Serwik-Trandasir +9 more
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The light chain of tetanus toxin inhibits calcium-dependent vasopressin release from permeabilized nerve endings [PDF]
, 1992 The effects of tetanus toxin and its light and heavy chain subunits on vasopressin release were investigated in digitonin-permeabilized neurosecretory nerve terminals isolated from the neural lobe of the rat pituitary gland.
Weller, U. +5 more
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Detailed analysis of metagenome datasets obtained from biogas-producing microbial communities residing in biogas reactors does not indicate the presence of putative pathogenic microorganisms [PDF]
, 2013 Eikmeyer FG, Rademacher A, Hanreich A, et al. Detailed analysis of metagenome datasets obtained from biogas-producing microbial communities residing in biogas reactors does not indicate the presence of putative pathogenic microorganisms.
Sebastian Jaenicke +24 more
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Botulinum Toxin Use in the Lower Urinary Tract
The Scientific World Journal, 2007 Botulinum toxins are well known for their ability to disrupt neurotransmission and cause muscle paralysis. Recently, urologists have discovered their beneficial effects in patients with neurogenic and overactive bladder conditions.
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