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Foodborne Botulism: Clinical Diagnosis and Medical Treatment [PDF]

Toxins, 2020
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) produced by Clostridia species are the most potent identified natural toxins. Classically, the toxic neurological syndrome is characterized by an (afebrile) acute symmetric descending flaccid paralysis. The most know typical
Davide Lonati, Azzurra Schicchi, Marta Crevani, Eleonora Buscaglia, Giulia Scaravaggi, Francesca Maida, Marco Cirronis, Valeria Margherita Petrolini, Carlo Alessandro Locatelli   +8 more
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Foodborne Botulism in Ukraine from 1955 to 2018. [PDF]

Foodborne Pathog Dis, 2021
We aim to identify possible biological, social, and economic factors that could influence the prevalence of foodborne botulism (FB). The objective of this article is to assess epidemiological peculiarities of FB in Ukraine from 1955 to 2018 using national epidemiological surveillance data. This article presents an epidemiological descriptive population-
Semenko N, Mokhort H, Sokolovska O, Kolesnikova I, Kuzin I, Saylors K.   +5 more
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Tracing Foodborne Botulism Events Caused by Clostridium botulinum in Xinjiang Province, China, Using a Core Genome Sequence Typing Scheme [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Foodborne botulism is a rare but life-threatening illness resulting from the action of a potent toxin mainly produced by Clostridium botulinum. It grows in an oxygen-deficient environment and is extremely viable in meat and soy products, making it one of
Xin Ma, Kexin Li, Fang Li, Jing Su, Weiwei Meng, Yanming Sun, Hui Sun, Jiazheng Sun, Yonghe Yuan, Yujia Lin, Songnian Hu, Xuefang Xu, Zilong He   +12 more
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Diplopia as the primary presentation of foodborne botulism

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
Foodborne botulism is a serious condition caused by Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin. Clinically, botulism presents as bilateral cranial nerve neuropathy and descending paralysis.
Hamid Khakshoor, Ali Akbar Saber Moghaddam, Amir Hossein Vejdani, Blair K Armstrong, Majid Moshirfar   +4 more
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Foodborne Botulism in Canada, 1985–2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
During 1985-2005, a total of 91 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks of foodborne botulism occurred in Canada; these outbreaks involved 205 cases and 11 deaths. Of the outbreaks, 75 (86.2%) were caused by Clostridium botulinum type E, followed by types A (7, 8.1%) and B (5, 5.7%).
Daniel Leclair, Joe Fung, Judith L. Isaac-Renton, Jean-Francois Proulx, Jennifer May-Hadford, Andrea Ellis, Edie Ashton, Sadjia Bekal, Jeffrey M. Farber, Burke Blanchfield, John W. Austin   +10 more
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First cross-border outbreak of foodborne botulism in the European Union associated with the consumption of commercial dried roach (Rutilus rutilus) [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Botulism outbreaks due to commercial products are extremely rare in the European Union. Here we report on the first international outbreak of foodborne botulism caused by commercial salt-cured, dried roach (Rutilus rutilus). Between November and December
David Hendrickx, David Hendrickx, Carmen Varela Martínez, Carmen Varela Martínez, Matthias Contzen, Christiane Wagner-Wiening, Karl-Heinz Janke, Pablo Hernando Jiménez, Susanne Massing, Jeanette Pichler, Petra Tichaczek-Dischinger, Florian Burckhardt, Klaus Stark, Katharina Katz, Annette Jurke, Sebastian Thole, Rosa Carbó, Mariam Pascual del Pobil Ferré, Milagros Nieto, María Jesús Zamora, Ana Sisó, Pilar Pallares García, Sylvia Valdezate, Lars Schaade, Sylvia Worbs, Brigitte Gertrud Dorner, Christina Frank, Martin Bernhard Dorner   +27 more
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Epidemiology of Foodborne Botulism Outbreaks in Romania, 2007–2024 [PDF]

Microorganisms
Foodborne botulism, caused by ingestion of pre-formed botulinum neurotoxin, is the most common form of botulism. While large outbreaks linked to commercial foods are rare, smaller outbreaks associated with home-processed products are more frequent ...
Bianca Georgiana Enciu, Rodica Popescu, Alina Daniela Zaharia, Barbara Schimmer, Daniela Pițigoi, Anca Mirela Sîrbu, Adriana Pistol   +6 more
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Foodborne botulism and the importance of recognizing the disease in the emergency department: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Botulism is a rare neuroparalytic disease that has only presented itself 19 times in the last 30 years in Belgium. Patients present to emergency services with a wide range of complaints.
Seppe De Vet, Thomas Tackaert, Mike Smet, Hannelore Raemen   +3 more
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Diversity of the Genomes and Neurotoxins of Strains of Clostridium botulinum Group I and Clostridium sporogenes Associated with Foodborne, Infant and Wound Botulism [PDF]

Toxins, 2020
Clostridium botulinum Group I and Clostridium sporogenes are closely related bacteria responsible for foodborne, infant and wound botulism. A comparative genomic study with 556 highly diverse strains of C. botulinum Group I and C.
Jason Brunt, Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Andrew T. Carter, Sandra C. Stringer, Corinne Amar, Kathie A. Grant, Gauri Godbole, Michael W. Peck   +7 more
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Foodborne Botulism Caused by Clostridium botulinum Subtype A5(b3) by Self-Packaged Vacuum Spicy Rabbit Heads [PDF]

Microorganisms
Botulism is a severe muscle paralysis disease mediated by the botulinum toxin. Here, we reported a foodborne botulism case caused by Clostridium botulinum subtype A5(b3) from self-packaged vacuum spicy rabbit heads.
Wen Cui, Chuanmin Ma, Ming Liu, Yan Li, Lin Zhou, Yuwen Shi, Xuefang Xu, Hui Liu   +7 more
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