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Snake and spider toxins induce a rapid recovery of function of botulinum neurotoxin paralysed neuromuscular junction [PDF]

, 2015
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) and some animal neurotoxins (-Bungarotoxin, -Btx, from elapid snakes and -Latrotoxin, -Ltx, from black widow spiders) are pre-synaptic neurotoxins that paralyse motor axon terminals with similar clinical outcomes in patients.
Duregotti, Elisa, Megighian, Aram, Montecucco, Cesare, Pirazzini, Marco, Rigoni, Michela, Scorzeto, M., Zanetti, Giulia   +6 more
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Infant Botulism: A Case Study in Integrated Clinical and Public Health Response. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Early recognition of constipation, feeding difficulty, and descending weakness in infants is vital for prompt diagnosis of infant botulism. Bedside nerve studies support early treatment. Rapid public health notification and coordinated access to specific therapies, including timely use of BAT and BIG‐IV, are essential to optimize outcomes and ...
Gannon J, Fallon Verbruggen T, Burke S, Loughlin L, Brits C, Tedford K, McHugh JC, Mayberry H, O'Regan M, Freyne B, Conroy N.   +10 more
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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, Leslie Edwards, Chelsey Griffin, Jeremy Sobel   +3 more
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Epidemiology of Food-borne Botulism in Iran

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2020
Background: Botulism is a severe neuroparalytic disease caused by toxins produced by several Clostridium species. This work presents the surveillance results of botulism in Iran, with the distribution of the cases by regions and by vehicle of ...
Mohammad Reza Montazer Khorasan, Mohammad Rahbar, Abed Zahedi Bialvaei, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Fereshte Shahcheraghi, Babak Eshrati   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infant Botulism

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2022
Emergency medicine and pediatric residents, and pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) fellows.Botulism is a rare but serious cause of infant hypotonia, vomiting, and respiratory failure. The differential diagnosis and management of a hypotonic infant with progressive weakness leading to respiratory failure is a rare presentation with high morbidity and ...
Morris, Victoria, Wians, Robert, Wilson, Jessica, Stevens, Gowri   +3 more
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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, Emmanuel Lemichez, Michel R. Popoff   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Botulism in the Astrakhan region: a retrospective study

Детские инфекции (Москва), 2022
The average number of annually registered cases of botulism in the Russian Federation is 300. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of deaths to 26 per year.Materials and methods.
G. A. Kharchenko, O. G. Kimirilova, A. A. Kimirilov   +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, Fares Najar , Ahdie Karbalaei Shabani , Master of Food Microbiology, Khadijeh Ezoji , Minoosh Shabani , Mohammad Reza Montazer Khorasan, Alireza Jannani   +7 more
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Equine botulism. [PDF]

Equine Vet J
Abstract Botulism is a severe and often fatal disease in equine patients worldwide. Clostridium botulinum is a ubiquitous soil organism which produces a potent neurotoxin resulting in neuromuscular blockade and flaccid paralysis in affected animals. Definitive diagnosis is often impractical or impossible, leading to diagnosis and treatment based on ...
Slavik K, Whitlock R, Johnson A.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Botulism [PDF]

Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1916
Much that has been written about botulism is not true and truths have been so distorted as to convey false impressions. This paper presents truths plainly and without bias. Two things are important—canned foods that show any signs of spoilage must be destroyed, so that neither animals nor man can eat them, and boiling “ready to serve” canned foods ...
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