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Zdravniški Vestnik, 2004 Background. Human botulism is a serious, relatively rare and potencial lethal disease, caused by Clostridium botulinum, a gram positive obligat anaerobic spore forming bacili which strain produced seven potent nevrotoksins (type A-G).
Anica Berginc Dolenšek +4 more
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When BAT Precedes BIG-IV in Infant Botulism: The Need for Structured Antitoxin Decision-Pathway Reporting in Case Reports. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT In infant botulism, use of equine‐derived botulinum antitoxin before BIG‐IV may be clinically justified when the infant‐specific product is delayed. Future case reports should document the treatment decision pathway, antitoxin timing, risk–benefit justification, guardian counseling, adverse‐event monitoring, and relapse‐prevention rationale to
Awan MA, Raza HU.
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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 +5 more
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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 +2 more
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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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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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Public Health Risk Associated with Botulism as Foodborne Zoonoses
Toxins, 2019 Botulism is a rare but severe neurological disease in man and animals that is caused by botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) produced by Clostridium botulinum and atypical strains from other Clostridium and non-Clostridium species.
Christine Rasetti-Escargueil +2 more
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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.
R H, Whitlock, C, Buckley
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Denmark: Botulism in an infant or infant botulism? [PDF]
Eurosurveillance, 2008 A 4.5 months old, previously healthy Danish girl was admitted to a paediatric department after six days of passive behaviour and weak suck. Over the next days she became increasingly weak, developed bilateral ptosis, the muscle stretch reflexes were lost, and mydriasis with slow pupillary responses was noted.
A, Paerregaard +5 more
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