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A pragmatic harm reduction approach to manage a large outbreak of wound botulism in people who inject drugs, Scotland 2015 [PDF]

, 2018
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at an increased risk of wound botulism, a potentially fatal acute paralytic illness. During the first 6 months of 2015, a large outbreak of wound botulism was confirmed among PWID in Scotland, which resulted ...
Amanda Weir, Andrew McAuley, CC McGuigan, CN Ramsay, Corinne Amar, D Akbulut, DJ Passaro, E MacDonald, E Tweed, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Gauri Godbole, Gillian Penrice, GY Chang, Health Protection Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD), J McLauchlin, J Sobel, J Strang, JA Jones, JA Stoltz, K Alpers, K Dunleavy, Kathie Grant, Kirsten M. A. Trayner, Kirsty Roy, M Desai, M Harris, M Ragonnet-Cronin, M Schroeter, MG Booth, N Markwick, National Records of Scotland, NE Palmateer, Public Health England, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Wales, and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, RJ Gordon, SB Werner, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Protection Network, SJ Hahné, SR Offerman, TN Wenham, VD Hope, VD Hope, Y Soukup-Baljak   +43 more
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A case of infant botulism in a 4-month-old baby [PDF]

, 2016
This case-report highlights: i) the difficulty of IB diagnosis as it is a rare syndrome with subclinical onset, ii) the need for an accurate training for physicians involved in IB management, iii) the efficacy and safety of TEqA in IB treatment, iv ...
Bruna Auricchio, Dilettta Sabatini, Fabrizio Anniballi, GRASSI, Maria Caterina, Laura Papetti, LONATI, DAVIDE, PROPERZI, Enrico   +6 more
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Botulism

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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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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Botulism disguised as parotitis

IDCases, 2020
Botulism is an acute toxin-mediated neuroparalytic syndrome caused by some Clostridium species. It typically presents itself as an acute symmetric descending paralysis of cranial and peripheral nerves, which can potentially evolve to respiratory failure ...
João Paulo Caldas, Rita Filipe, Rita Queirós, António Grilo Novais, Francisco Almeida, Luís Malheiro, Teresa Teixeira Lopes, Margarida Saraiva, Margarida Tavares, António Sarmento   +9 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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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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Foodborne Botulism in the Republic of Georgia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Foodborne botulism is a potentially fatal, paralytic illness that can cause large outbreaks. A possible increase in botulism incidence during 2001 in Georgia prompted this study.
Jay K. Varma, Guram Katsitadze, Maia Moiscrafishvili, Tamar Zardiashvili, Maia Chokheli, Natalia Tarkhashvili, Ekaterina Jhorjholiani, Maia Chubinidze, Teimuraz Kukhalashvili, Irakli Khmaladze, Nelli Chakvetadze, Paata Imnadze, Jeremy Sobel   +12 more
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Botulism in the 21st Century: A Scoping Review

Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2023
Botulism is a potentially deadly neuroparalytic disease that affects all age groups; it is highly challenging to diagnose due to its nonspecific symptoms. Infant botulism is the most common form of botulism in the United States, followed by foodborne and
Ketino Kobaidze, Zanthia Wiley
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