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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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Workshop on the risks associated with animal botulism and ANIBOTNET final meeting [PDF]

, 2020
A workshop on the risks associated with animal botulism was held in Maisons-Alfort, France in March 2019. The objectives were to debate the public and animal health risks related to botulism, to disseminate the results obtained from the ANIBOTNET project
Seyboldt, Christian, Lindström, Miia, Koene, Miriam, Bano, Luca, Bilei, Stefano, Derman, Yağmur, Anniballi, Fabrizio, Tevell Åberg, Annica, Le Maréchal, Caroline, Chemaly, Marianne, Dorner, Martin B., Hedeland, Mikael   +11 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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Detection of a streptogramin A O-acetyltransferase gene (vatD) in the chromosome of Clostridium botulinum isolated from infants in the United States

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Infant botulism, the most common form of botulism in the United States, occurs when botulinum toxin-producing clostridia colonize the infant’s gut and produce botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT).
Ana Rafaela Kruemmel, Jessica L. Halpin, Victoria M. Foltz, Janet K. Dykes, Carolina Lúquez   +4 more
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EGYPTIAN PROTOCOL FOR MANAGEMENT OF BOTULISM

Egyptian Society of Clinical Toxicology Journal, 2019
Botulism is a muscle-paralyzing disease caused by a toxin made by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum. Botulinum toxin binds irreversibly to presynaptic nerve endings at neuromuscular junctions.
Samah Elnagdy
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Local outbreak of foodborne botulism in Krasnoyarsk

Детские инфекции (Москва), 2023
Botulism is a serious infectious disease that has not lost its relevance today. Due to the widespread popularity of home canning, botulism is widespread everywhere, more often recorded in the form of sporadic cases and small (local) outbreaks.
G. P. Martynova, A. A. Andreeva, Ya. A. Bogvilene, M. A. Stroganova, L. A. Ikkes, A. V. Karasev, L. P. Alyeva, D. V. Bogatyrev   +7 more
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Clinical cases of atypical and severe botulism

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2020
The aim of the work was to present two clinical cases of botulism: the atypical course and the severe course with late administration of heptavalent botulinum antitoxin, which still had a significant positive clinical effect and contributed to a faster ...
O. L. Ivakhiv, N. Yu. Vyshnevska
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Infant Botulism

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2022
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Morris, Victoria, Wians, Robert, Wilson, Jessica, Stevens, Gowri   +3 more
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