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Bacterial Toxins: Friends or Foes?

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
Many emerging and reemerging bacterial pathogens synthesize toxins that serve as primary virulence factors. We highlight seven bacterial toxins produced by well-established or newly emergent pathogenic microbes.
Clare K. Schmitt, Karen C. Meysick, Alison D. O'Brien   +2 more
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Incidences of Mould and Bacterial Toxins in Dairy Products

, 2016
This chapter reviews the common bacterial toxins and mycotoxins involved in food poisoning in milk and dairy products. Food-borne bacterial infection occurs when food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria is consumed. The major type of diseases caused by
El-Nezamy, HS, Wan, MLY, N.P. Shah, M.L.Y. Wan, H.I. El-Nezami, Shah, NP   +5 more
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Marine Toxins: Chemistry, Toxcity, Occurrence and Detection, with Special Reference to the Dutch Situation [PDF]

, 2010
Various species of algae can produce marine toxins under certain circumstances. These toxins can then accumulate in shellfish such as mussels, oysters and scallops. When these contaminated shellfish species are consumed severe intoxication can occur. The
de Boer, J.; id_orcid, Poelman, M., van den Top, H.J., Pol-Hofstad, I.E., Gerssen, A., Hofstad, I.E., Mulder, P.P.J., Boer, J., de, Pol-Hofstad, Mulder, Poelman, Top, H.J., van den, Gerssen, De Boer, Van den Top   +14 more
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Two pediatric type II achalasia cases complicated by candidal and eosinophilic esophagitis: Successful peroral endoscopic myotomy treatment

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder in children, often leading to delayed diagnosis. We report the first two pediatric cases treated with peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) at our center, both classified as type II achalasia and complicated by mucosal disease. A 15‐year‐old girl presented with progressive dysphagia and weight loss,
Fabio Rotondo, Antonio Marseglia, Anna Locatelli, Dalila Tedeschi, Marco Gentile, Francesco Perri, Maria Rosa Pastore, Massimo Pettoello Mantovani   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing Foodborne Illness: Clostridium botulinum

EDIS, 2005
Botulism is caused by the nerve toxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, often resulting in a serious paralytic condition that can lead to death.
Keith R. Schneider, Mickey E. Parish, Renée M. Goodrich, Taylor Cookingham   +3 more
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Residual Limb Hyperhidrosis in Prosthetic Users: First Prospective Pilot of Topical Antiperspirant Treatment

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Residual limb hyperhidrosis (RLH) is a frequent and debilitating condition among lower‐limb prosthetic users. Although aluminium chloride is recommended first‐line for focal hyperhidrosis, its efficacy in RLH has not previously been evaluated in prospective studies.
Jette Schack, Kim Magnus Advocaat Sandberg Endre, Andrew Ritchie, Harald Steen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Botulinum toxin type A in chronic neuropathic pain in refractory leprosy

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Neuropathic pain is a chronic syndrome that is difficult to treat and often affects patients with leprosy. Recommended treatment includes the the use of analgesic drugs, codeine, tricyclic antidepressants, neuroleptics, anticonvulsants and thalidomide ...
Emanuel de Jesus Soares de Sousa, Gustavo Celeira de Sousa, Vitor Ferreira Baia, Danusa Neves Somensi, Marília Brasil Xavier   +4 more
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Th2/Th17 Inflammation: Pathogenic Drivers and Therapeutic Targets in Darier and Hailey‐Hailey Diseases

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Skin samples of Hailey‐Hailey and Darier diseases were analyzed for inflammatory and barrier markers using indirect immunofluorescence and transcriptomic techniques. A mixed Th2/Th17 inflammatory pattern and altered expression of barrier markers were observed.
Ella Glodjajic, Darko Stojkov, Joanna Boros‐Majewska, Jeremy Di Domizio, Michel Gilliet, Christoph Schlapbach, Timothée Fettrelet, Luca Borradori, Hans‐Uwe Simon, Dagmar Simon, Susanne Radonjic‐Hoesli   +10 more
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Uso da toxina botulínica no controle do bruxismo [PDF]

, 2014
TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Odontologia.A toxina botulínica é uma substância produzida pela bactéria Clostridium botulinum, e o seu uso oferece ao cirurgião dentista uma nova alternativa para ...
Francescon, Ariane
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Cervical Inlet Patches in R‐CPD: An Unrecognized Predictor of Treatment Failure

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This retrospective cohort study identified cervical inlet patches (CIP) in 19.8% of patients undergoing cricopharyngeal botulinum toxin injection for R‐CPD. CIP presence and increasing age independently predicted failure to sustain a long‐term treatment response, suggesting that CIP may be an underrecognized factor in R‐CPD treatment durability ...
Andrew Geoffrey Tritter, Nabeeha Hasan, Jered Wilson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source