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Botulism

open access: yesPediatrics In Review, 2016
Botulism, caused by exposure to the botulinum toxin, is characterized by a symmetric, flaccid, and descending paralysis. There are four naturally occurring forms of botulism—foodborne botulism, infant botulism, adult intestinal botulism, and wound ...
Monica Mix
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WOUND BOTULISM

Medical Journal of Australia, 1980
It is well recognized that food contamination can result in botulism either from ingestion of performed toxin, in classical botulism, or through absorption of toxin from bacteria within the gut, in infant botulism. Botulism due to contamination of wounds with Clostridium botulinum is not commonly recognized. We report a case of wound botulism occurring
Fullerton, P, Gogna, NK, Stoddart, R
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Wound Botulism

Archives of Surgery, 1975
Botulism occurring in patients with wounds has been thought of as a rare disease. A patient with a lacerating wound of his hand and wrist and an avulsion of his fourth finger developed diplopia, dizziness, and slurred speech one week later, followed by generalized weakness and difficulty in swallowing.
M, Cherington, S, Ginsburg
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Botulism

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2005
Botulism is a rare disease with 4 naturally occurring syndromes: foodborne botulism is caused by ingestion of foods contaminated with botulinum toxin, wound botulism is caused by Clostridium botulinum colonization of a wound and in situ toxin production, infant botulism is caused by intestinal colonization and toxin production, and adult intestinal ...
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Botulism

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2003
Botulinum toxin is the most potent toxin known to humans and as little as 100 ng can be lethal. The toxin blocks peripheral cholinergic neurotransmission at the neuromuscular junction and cholinergic autonomic nervous system by introducing an endopeptadase enzyme into the presynaptic side of the synapse.
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Infantile botulism

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1977
Botulism has not traditionally been considered as occurring in infants under one year of age because they generally do not ingest foods potentially containing preformed Clostridium botulinum toxin. We report a case of infantile botulism in a 3 1/2 month old infant who presented as a "floppy baby," and discuss the probable pathobiology involved.
C J, Fisher, S J, Woerner
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Infant Botulism

Pediatrics, 1981
The work of Thompson et al1 presents findings in nine Utah patients with infant botulism. In contrast to several other authorities who failed to demonstrate Botulobacillas botulinus in infants of the same age without evidence of clinical disease, Thompson et al1 report a significant number of positive stool cultures in infants who showed no evidence of
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Infant Botulism

Pediatrics In Review, 1996
Infant botulism was first described in 1976. It is caused by Clostridium botulinum, a gram-positive anaerobic bacillus found most commonly in soil and agricultural products. The organism forms spores and during growth and germination releases a potent neurotoxin that is responsible for the illness.
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Botulism in the Horse

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 2001
Botulism should be considered in cases where weakness, paralysis, or intolerance to exercise might be seen in the horse. Dysphagia may also be present, although it is not a consistent finding. Potential sources include carrion in hay, moldy or otherwise rotted vegetation or forage, birds carrying material from animal burial or other similar sites, and ...
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