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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 +2 more
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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 +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 +7 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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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 +2 more
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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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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 +9 more
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