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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 ...
Richard A. Harris, Fabrizio Anniballi, John W. Austin   +2 more
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Tracing and characterization of foodborne botulism caused by the new MLST type <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> A2 in Hebei province, China. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Foodborne botulism caused by botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) remains an important form of botulism worldwide, with a high mortality rate and prolonged hospitalization time. Clostridium botulinum (C.
Lu Z, Feng J, Luo X, Sun H, Huang Y, Lu S, Wang D, Xu X, Lu X, Xu L.   +9 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, O. G. Kimirilova, A. A. Kimirilov   +2 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
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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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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, Emmanuel Lemichez, Michel R. Popoff   +2 more
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Iatrogenic botulism after intragastric botulinum neurotoxin injections - a major outbreak. [PDF]

Neurol Res Pract
Background Intragastric botulinum neurotoxin injections (IBNI) are offered off-label in the private medical sector in a few European countries as a safe and effective weight-loss measure.
Goerttler T, Dorner MB, van der Linden C, Kienitz R, Petrik S, Blechinger S, Spickschen J, Betz IR, Hinrichs C, Steindl D, Weber F, Musacchio T, Wunderlich G, Rueger MA, Barbe MT, Dafsari H, Demir S, Lapa S, Zeiner PS, Strzelczyk A, Tinnemann P, Kleine C, Totzeck A, Klebe S, Mikolajewska A, Dorner BG, Fertl E, Grefkes-Hermann C, Fink G, Kleinschnitz C, Hagenacker T.   +30 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, Camille Lucas, Rozenn Souillard, Caroline Le Maréchal, Karine Petit, Pauline Kooh, Nathalie Jourdan-Da Silva, François Meurens, François Meurens, Laurent Guillier, Christelle Mazuet   +10 more
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THE DIFFICULTIES OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BOTULISM

Архивъ внутренней медицины, 2019
The popularity of home canning contributes to a sufficiently high incidence of botulism worldwide. The canned products containing botulinum toxin do not change neither color, taste, nor smell of contents of canned food.
V. V. Nikiforov, Yu. N. Tomilin, T. Ya. Chernobrovkinya, Y. D. Yankovskaya, S. V. Burova   +4 more
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Exploring the genetic background of the botulism neurotoxin BoNT/B2 in Spain

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
To determine whether the neurotoxin BoNT/B2 causing botulism in Spain is clonal, the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Clostridium botulinum from food-borne episodes and infant cases of the condition were explored.
Sylvia Valdezate, Gema Carrasco, María J. Medina, Noelia Garrido, Silvia del Pino, Monica Valiente, María P. Pallarés, Pilar Villalon   +7 more
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