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Detection of a streptogramin A O-acetyltransferase gene (vatD) in the chromosome of Clostridium botulinum isolated from infants in the United States [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Infant botulism, the most common form of botulism in the United States, occurs when botulinum toxin-producing clostridia colonize the infant’s gut and produce botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT).
Ana Rafaela Kruemmel, Jessica L. Halpin, Victoria M. Foltz, Janet K. Dykes, Carolina Lúquez   +4 more
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Adult Intestinal Toxemia Botulism

Toxins, 2020
Intoxication with botulinum neurotoxin can occur through various routes. Foodborne botulism results after consumption of food in which botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia (i.e., Clostridium botulinum or strains of Clostridium butyricum type E or ...
Fabrizio Anniballi, John W Austin
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Human Botulism in France, 1875–2016

Toxins, 2020
Botulism is a rare but severe disease which is characterized by paralysis and inhibition of secretions. Only a few cases had been reported at the end of the 19th century in France.
Michel R Popoff
exaly   +3 more sources

Foodborne botulism from consumption of homemade spoiled eggs: a case series and literature review [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
Botulism is a rare but life-threatening condition that primarily results from ingestion of food contaminated with the exotoxins produced by Clostridium botulinum.
Suyu Wei, Liang Sun
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Botulism

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 1997
Equine botulism is being recognized with increasing frequency by veterinarians throughout North America. Muscular weakness and dysphagia that progress during a period of 1 to 4 days, in the absence of laboratory derangements that indicate the presence of systemic disease, are suggestive of botulism.
Robert H. Whitlock, Carol Anne Buckley
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Botulism in waterfowl: case report in Argentina [PDF]

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Introduction Botulism, a severe neuroparalytic disease caused by the botulinum toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum, poses significant threats to wild birds.
María Florencia Ovelar, Germán José Cantón, Jorge Pablo García, María Belén Riccio, Alicia Raquel Rodríguez, María Isabel Farace, Ignacio Alvarez   +6 more
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Discussion on “Botulism” [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1918
J. D. Rolleston
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Cauda equina nerve root enhancement in adult intestinal toxemia botulism [PDF]

BMC Neurology
Background Adult botulism is a rare, life-threatening condition typically caused by exposure to preformed botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). Acute intestinal toxemia botulism (AITB) is an uncommon subtype resulting from colonization of Clostridium botulinum in
Ruiji Jiang, Benjamin Beland, Vinil Shah, Min Kang, Douglas B. Pet   +4 more
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Foodborne Botulism Caused by Clostridium botulinum Subtype A5(b3) by Self-Packaged Vacuum Spicy Rabbit Heads [PDF]

Microorganisms
Botulism is a severe muscle paralysis disease mediated by the botulinum toxin. Here, we reported a foodborne botulism case caused by Clostridium botulinum subtype A5(b3) from self-packaged vacuum spicy rabbit heads.
Wen Cui, Chuanmin Ma, Ming Liu, Yan Li, Lin Zhou, Yuwen Shi, Xuefang Xu, Hui Liu   +7 more
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Conflicting Clinical Presentation of Infection with Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens in a 5-Month-Old Infant [PDF]

Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical Practice
We present a 5-month-old infant with a 1-day history of poor feeding and sudden progression into generalized weakness including septic shock syndrome after consumption of homemade food. Botulism and sepsis symptoms could be explained by the presence of a
Barbara Schaub, MD, Carolyn Luhman-Lunt, MD, Andrea Ott, MD, Maren Krüger, DSc, Martin Skiba, PhD, Sylvia Worbs, PhD, Brigitte G. Dorner, PhD, Michael Buettcher, MD, Martin B. Dorner, PhD   +8 more
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