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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
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Toxemia in Human Naturally Acquired Botulism
Toxins, 2020 Human botulism is a severe disease characterized by flaccid paralysis and inhibition of certain gland secretions, notably salivary secretions, caused by inhibition of neurotransmitter release.
Christine Rasetti-Escargueil +2 more
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Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Botulism, 2021
MMWR Recommendations and Reports, 2021 Summary Botulism is a rare, neurotoxin-mediated, life-threatening disease characterized by flaccid descending paralysis that begins with cranial nerve palsies and might progress to extremity weakness and respiratory failure.
Kevin Chatham-Stephens
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Foodborne Botulism Outbreaks in the United States, 2001–2017
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Foodborne botulism is an intoxication caused by ingestion of food containing botulinum neurotoxin. Cases of foodborne botulism are usually sporadic (single, unrelated) but outbreaks of two or more cases occur.
Carolina Lúquez +3 more
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Neuronal delivery of antibodies has therapeutic effects in animal models of botulism
Science Translational Medicine, 2021 Intraneuronal delivery of a therapeutic, single-domain antibody reverses botulism symptoms and increases survival of mice, guinea pigs, and monkeys. Nontoxic botulinum for drug delivery Botulism is a severe and potentially fatal disease characterized by ...
Patrick M Mcnutt +2 more
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A summary of surveillance, morbidity and microbiology of laboratory-confirmed cases of infant botulism in Canada, 1979–2019 [PDF]
Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021 Background: Infant botulism is a rare toxicoinfectious disease caused by colonization of the infant’s intestine with botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia (i.e. Clostridium botulinum or neurotoxigenic strains of C. butyricum or C. baratii).
Richard Harris +4 more
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Foodborne Botulism: Clinical Diagnosis and Medical Treatment
Toxins, 2020 Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) produced by Clostridia species are the most potent identified natural toxins. Classically, the toxic neurological syndrome is characterized by an (afebrile) acute symmetric descending flaccid paralysis. The most know typical
Davide Lonati +2 more
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Investigation of the Frequency of Foodborne Botulism in Patients Referred to Loghman Hospital in Tehran City, Iran, From 2008 to 2019 [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, 2020 Background: Foodborne botulism is a fatal paralytic illness caused mainly by the neurotoxin produced by an anaerobic bacterium called Clostridium botulinum. In this study, the frequency of foodborne botulism in patients referred to a hospital in Iran has
Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal +7 more
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Human and animal botulism surveillance in France from 2008 to 2019
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Botulism is a human and animal neurological disease caused by the action of bacterial neurotoxins (botulinum toxins) produced by bacteria from the genus Clostridium.
Sophie Le Bouquin +10 more
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