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EPI Update, June 28, 2013 [PDF]
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...
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Cranial Neuropathies and Neuromuscular Weakness: A Case of Mistaken Identity
We describe a case of wound botulism initially thought to represent Miller-Fisher variant Guillain-Barré syndrome (MFS). Botulism classically presents with the so-called “four D’s” (diplopia, dysarthria, dysphagia, dry mouth) with symmetric, descending ...
Daniel Z. Adams +2 more
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Botulismo Infantil em Portugal – Um Lactente com Hipotonia [PDF]
O Botulismo Infantil (BI) constitui uma síndrome neuroparalítica rara, potencialmente fatal, causada pela neurotoxina do Clostridium botulinum. Descreve-se o primeiro caso reportado desde o início da notificação obrigatória em Portugal (1999).
Barata, D +5 more
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Difficulties in Diagnosing Food-Borne Botulism
Botulism is a muscle-paralyzing disease caused by neurotoxins (types A–G) produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Symptoms of food-borne botulism most commonly appear 12–36 h after eating contaminated food, but the earliest neurological symptoms ...
Nina Forss +4 more
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Acute Bilateral Ophthalmoplegias [PDF]
Bilateral ophthalmoplegia is that condition of weakness or paralysis involving one or more ocular muscles in each eye. Its sudden appearance due to an acute ocular myopathy is indeed unusual. Swash reported a single patient with acute necrotizing orbital
Selhorst, John B.
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Structural Insights into Rational Design of Single-Domain Antibody-Based Antitoxins against Botulinum Neurotoxins. [PDF]
Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is one of the most acutely lethal toxins known to humans, and effective treatment for BoNT intoxication is urgently needed. Single-domain antibodies (VHH) have been examined as a countermeasure for BoNT because of their high ...
Jin, Rongsheng +8 more
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Bacterial contamination monitor [PDF]
Economical, simple, and fast method uses apparatus which detects bacteria by photography. Apparatus contains camera, film assembly, calibrated light bulb, opaque plastic plate with built-in reflecting surface and transparent window section, opaque slide,
Macleod, N. H., Rich, E.
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Hazard analysis and possibilities for preventing botulism originating from meat products [PDF]
The paper presents the more important data on the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, the appearance of botulism, hazard analysis and the possibilities for preventing botulism.
Vasilev Dragan, Vuković Ilija
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