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Dysphagia in an equine referral hospital, 182 cases

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dysphagia describes a clinical sign of pathologies of the oral cavity, pharynx, and oesophagus that carries potentially serious consequences for horses. Given the diversity of differential diagnoses that may cause dysphagia, an understanding of the prevalence of dysphagia in hospitalised patients, the distribution of aetiologies and
Kevin M. Connolly, Krista Estell
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BOTULISM

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2004
Background. Human botulism is a serious, relatively rare and potencial lethal disease, caused by Clostridium botulinum, a gram positive obligat anaerobic spore forming bacili which strain produced seven potent nevrotoksins (type A-G).
Anica Berginc Dolenšek, Branka Ožek, Feliks Starič, Rafael Kapš, Jasmina Patkovič Colarič   +4 more
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Equine botulism

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Botulism is a severe and often fatal disease in equine patients worldwide. Clostridium botulinum is a ubiquitous soil organism which produces a potent neurotoxin resulting in neuromuscular blockade and flaccid paralysis in affected animals. Definitive diagnosis is often impractical or impossible, leading to diagnosis and treatment based on ...
Kali Slavik, Robert Whitlock, Amy Johnson   +2 more
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Healthcare workers’ knowledge and preparedness for unprecedented foodborne botulism outbreak in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Background: The recent unprecedented foodborne botulism outbreak in Saudi Arabia necessitated an assessment of healthcare workers' (HCWs) knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP).
Abdullah Alhuzaimi, Fatimah S. Alshahrani, Fadi Aljamaan, Fatema H. AL-Ajwad, Ibraheem Altamimi, Abdullah Bukhari, Lama Al-Eyadhy, Sarah Al-Subaie, Nasser S. Alharbi, Mazin Barry, Yamen Shayah, Amr Jamal, Alaa A. Alanteet, Khalid Alhasan, Sameera M. Aljuhani, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Mohamad-Hani Temsah   +16 more
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Botulism with Unusual Rapid Progression to Complete Paralysis in a Child

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2015
Botulism is a severe neuroparalytic illness which is difficult to diagnose accurately, especially in children. We report a child with type A botulism intoxication, with very rapid progression to coma-like consciousness and respiratory failure.
Hui-Ju Tsai, Wen-Chen Liang, Chien-Hua Wang, Po-Ching Chou, Jong-Hau Hsu, Chia-Tsuan Huang, Yuh-Jyh Jong   +6 more
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EPI Update, July 20, 2007 [PDF]

, 2007
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...

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Natal philopatry, dispersal and age of first breeding in relation to size and sex of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea)

Ibis, EarlyView.
Many seabird species are in decline and population demographic models are important for revealing the causes and developing conservation strategies. Natal and breeding dispersal are key parameters of such models but can be challenging to estimate and may vary by sex.
Chris P.F. Redfern, David Steel, Paul G. Morrison   +2 more
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Four Cases of Food-Borne Botulism in a Family

پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2002
Botulism is caused  by a neurotoxin produced from the anaerobic,    Spore-forming bacterium clostridium botulinum. Botulism have four     clinical  forms:1)Food –borne botulism   2)Wound botulism    3)Infant botulism    4)undetermined botulism, that the 
Fariba Keramat
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Wound Botulism in Black Tar Heroin Injecting Users: A Case Series

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2021
The incidence of wound botulism in injection drug users has increased since the introduction of black tar heroin. Many species of the Clostridium genus, most commonly Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium baratii , and Clostridium butyricum , have been ...
Nadia Raza MD, Sandhya Dhital MS, Valerie Elise Espinoza MS, Roopam Jariwal MD, Chien-Wai Chiu MD, Michael Valdez MD, Arash Heidari MD, FACP, Greti Petersen MD, FACP, Katayoun Sabetian MD   +8 more
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Successful treatment of a 15 years-old obese adolescent patient with botulinum anti-toxin after gastric Botox and systemic botulism findings: a case report

Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine, 2023
Obesity is an increasingly common public health problem in children. The main goal in the fight against obesity is to prevent the development of obesity by healthy eating, increasing physical activity and reducing screen time.
Muhammed Furkan Yücer, Alper Kaçar, Hüseyin Dağ, Ahmet İrdem   +3 more
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