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Contamination of Clostridium botulinum and epidemic characteristics of foodborne botulism in China

Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi
Botulism， one of the bacterial foodborne diseases with a high fatality rate in China， is characterized by symmetric descending flaccid paralysis. In China， botulism is predominantly caused by types A， B， and E of Clostridium botulinum （C.
ZHAN Yongsi, LI Weiwei, YAN Shaofei, MA Xin, YANG Xiaorong, ZHANG Meng, CHU Zunhua, GUAN Wenying, YANG Xingfen, GUO Yunchang   +9 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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Treatment of Foodborne Botulism in Current Clinical Toxicology

Pediatric Reports, 2012
We read with interest the case presented byLonati D. et al.entitled Fatal course of food-borne botulism in an eight-month old infantbeing published in one of the recent issues ofPediatr Report.[...]
Alizadeh, Afshin Mohammad, Zamani, Nasim
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Epidemiological analysis of foodborne botulism in Qinghai Province from 1959 to 2022

Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi
ObjectiveTo provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of botulism， we analyzed the epidemic characteristics and influencing factors of foodborne botulism incidents in Qinghai Province over the years.MethodsBotulism data from 1959 to 2022 ...
WANG Yunli, GUO Xuebin
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A rare symptom of foodborne botulism: dysgeusia. Case report and clinical review

Emergency Care Journal
Clostridium botulinum has become one of the most well-known microorganisms in medical history, thanks to both fatal botulism epidemics and the recent medical use of botulinum neurotoxin.
Simone Esposito, Francesco Coletta, Giovanna Di Maiolo, Filomena Lo Chiatto, Pasquale Rinaldi, Anna Lanza, Getano Panico, Crescenzo Sala, Antonio Tomasello, Romolo Villani   +9 more
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Adult Botulism of Unknown Source with Post-Toxin Anti-GQ1b Antibodies: Implications for Molecular Mimicry—A Case Report

Neurology International
Background: Botulism is a rare but potentially fatal neuroparalytic illness caused by Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs). While adult cases usually result from foodborne exposure or wound infection, intestinal colonization is exceedingly uncommon.
Regev Cohen, Adi Hersalis Eldar, Yaron River, Ofir Schuster, Zina Baider, Shelly Lipman-Arens, Yael Galnoor Tene, Linor Ishay, Lamis Mahamid, Olga Feld Simon, Nina Avshovitch, Alvira Zbiger, Eran Diamant, Amram Torgeman, Elad Milrot, Ofir Israeli, Shlomo Shmaya, Itzhak Braverman, Shlomo E. Blum   +18 more
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Epidemiology of Food-borne Botulism in Iran

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2020
Background: Botulism is a severe neuroparalytic disease caused by toxins produced by several Clostridium species. This work presents the surveillance results of botulism in Iran, with the distribution of the cases by regions and by vehicle of ...
Mohammad Reza Montazer Khorasan, Mohammad Rahbar, Abed Zahedi Bialvaei, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Fereshte Shahcheraghi, Babak Eshrati   +5 more
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The Epidemiology of Foodborne Botulism Outbreaks: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017
We performed a systematic review of foodborne botulism outbreaks to describe their clinical aspects and descriptive epidemiology in order to inform public health response strategies.We searched seven databases for reports of foodborne botulism outbreaks published in English from database inception to May 2015.
Shannon, Fleck-Derderian, Manjunath, Shankar, Agam K, Rao, Kevin, Chatham-Stephens, Stacey, Adjei, Jeremy, Sobel, Martin I, Meltzer, Dana, Meaney-Delman, Satish K, Pillai   +8 more
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Adult Intestinal Botulism: A Rare Presentation in an Immunocompromised Patient With Short Bowel Syndrome

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2018
The cholinergic heat-labile neurotoxin produced by Clostridium species is primarily responsible for the clinical manifestations of botulism. The classic phenotypic presentation of botulism consists of subacute descending flaccid paralysis with intact ...
Pramod K. Guru, MBBS, MD, Tara L. Becker, MD, Alana Stephens, DO, Rocco J. Cannistraro, MD, Benjamin H. Eidelman, MD, D. Jane Hata, PhD, Lisa Brumble, MD   +6 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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