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 +43 more
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Clostridium botulinum Spores Found in Honey from Small Apiaries in Poland
Journal of Apicultural Science, 2016 A total of 102 honey samples collected from small apiaries (≤ 20 hives) in Poland were analysed for the presence of Clostridium botulinum spores. The samples were prepared using the dilution centrifugation method and cultured in parallel in cooked meat ...
Wojtacka Joanna +5 more
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The binding of botulinum neurotoxins to different peripheral neurons [PDF]
, 2017 Botulinum neurotoxins are the most potent toxins known. The double receptor binding modality represents one of the most significant properties of botulinum neurotoxins and largely accounts for their incredible potency and lethality.
Rossetto, O.
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Clostridium botulinum in British soil [PDF]
Journal of Hygiene, 1980 SUMMARYSoil samples from various parts of Britain were examined for Clostridium botulinum by a sensitive technique comparable with that recently used for mud samples from British aquatic environments. The results showed beyond doubt that in Britain the prevalence of the organism in soil is much lower than in mud.
Angela M. Young, G. R. Smith
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Wound botulism caused by Clostridium subterminale after a heroin injection
Infectious Disease Reports, 2018 Botulism is caused by toxin production from many species of Clostridium, most commonly Clostridium botulinum as well as C. baratii and C. butyricum. Development of wound botulism is associated with injection drug users but has also been described in ...
Paris A. Cook +3 more
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Immunological Characterization and Neutralizing Ability of Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Botulinum Neurotoxin Type H. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundOnly Clostridium botulinum strain IBCA10-7060 produces the recently described novel botulinum neurotoxin type H (BoNT/H). BoNT/H (N-terminal two-thirds most homologous to BoNT/F and C-terminal one-third most homologous to BoNT/A) requires ...
Arnon, Stephen S +5 more
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Complete high-quality genome sequence of Clostridium limosum (Hathewaya limosa) isolate 14S0207, recovered from a cow with suspected blackleg in Germany [PDF]
, 2020 Clostridium limosum can be found in soil and the intestinal tract of animals. In 2014, C. limosum was isolated from a suspected blackleg outbreak in cattle in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. We present a complete genome sequence of a C.
Abdel-Glil, Mostafa Y. +7 more
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Crystal structure of the GalNAc/Gal-specific agglutinin from the phytopathogenic ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum reveals novel adaptation of a beta-trefoil domain [PDF]
, 2010 International audienceA lectin from the phytopathogenic ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum that shares only weak sequence similarity with characterized fungal lectins has recently been identified. S.
Bourne, Yves +5 more
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Historia del Clostridium botulinum [PDF]
Revista chilena de infectología, 2003 . Suele afirmarse con ligereza que este investiga-dor no era un cientifico, sino un poeta y mistico,pero ya que no figura en las mas rigurosas historiasde la literatura ni en las mejores enciclopedias, debe-mos estimarlo como poeta “menor”, a diferencia desu contemporaneo Theodor Kerner, gran vate mili-tar, famoso por ...
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Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens Occurrence in Kazakh Honey Samples
Toxins, 2019 The aim of this study was to assess occurrence of Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens in honey samples from Kazakhstan. Analyses were carried out using a set of PCR methods for identification of anaerobic bacteria, and detection of toxin ...
Balgabay Maikanov +8 more
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