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A summary of surveillance, morbidity and microbiology of laboratory-confirmed cases of infant botulism in Canada, 1979–2019 [PDF]

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: Infant botulism is a rare toxicoinfectious disease caused by colonization of the infant’s intestine with botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia (i.e. Clostridium botulinum or neurotoxigenic strains of C. butyricum or C. baratii).
Richard Harris, Christine Tchao, Natalie Prystajecky, Jennifer Cutler, John W Austin   +4 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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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