J Educ Teach Emerg Med, 2022 Emergency medicine and pediatric residents, and pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) fellows.Botulism is a rare but serious cause of infant hypotonia, vomiting, and respiratory failure. The differential diagnosis and management of a hypotonic infant with progressive weakness leading to respiratory failure is a rare presentation with high morbidity and ...
Morris V, Wians R, Wilson J, Stevens G.
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A summary of surveillance, morbidity and microbiology of laboratory-confirmed cases of infant botulism in Canada, 1979–2019 [PDF]
Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021 Background: Infant botulism is a rare toxicoinfectious disease caused by colonization of the infant’s intestine with botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia (i.e. Clostridium botulinum or neurotoxigenic strains of C. butyricum or C. baratii).
Richard Harris +4 more
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Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Clostridium botulinum Isolates from an Infant Botulism Case Suggests Adaptation Signatures to the Gut [PDF]
mBio, 2022 In early life, the immature human gut microbiota is prone to colonization by pathogens that are usually outcompeted by mature microbiota in the adult gut.
François P. Douillard +9 more
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J Educ Teach Emerg Med, 2023 This oral board case is appropriate for emergency medicine residents and medical students (with senior resident assistance) on emergency medicine rotation.Although a somewhat rare disease, infant botulism is a true pediatric emergency that carried a 90% rate of mortality prior to the development of an antitoxin.1 While botulism infections can be ...
Garispe A, Cherry S.
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BOTOX injection to treat strabismus after infant botulism type B infection [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020 Purpose: The significance of botulinum toxin to ophthalmologists is twofold. Botulism, a medical emergency, frequently presents with ocular findings including blurred vision, diplopia, ptosis, and photophobia as a result of the neurotoxin produced by ...
Sarah G. Bonaffini +2 more
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Peanut butter confirmed as the source in a case of infant botulism, United Kingdom, 2024 [PDF]
EurosurveillanceA 6-month-old infant was hospitalised with suspected infant botulism after being given peanut butter to reduce their risk of developing peanut allergy.
Gauri Godbole
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Abnormal neuroimaging in a case of infant botulism [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2015 We present the first case of abnormal neuroimaging in a case of infant botulism. The patient presented with clinical findings of constipation, bulbar weakness and descending, symmetric motor weakness which are consistent with the classic findings of ...
Ryan J Good +4 more
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Infant Botulism: Checklist for Timely Clinical Diagnosis and New Possible Risk Factors Originated from a Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 Infant botulism is a rare and underdiagnosed disease caused by BoNT-producing clostridia that can temporarily colonize the intestinal lumen of infants less than one year of age.
Robertino Dilena +10 more
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Infant Botulism and Carbohydrate Blood Group Antigens: Preliminary Results from a Discordant Twin Study [PDF]
Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical PracticeObjective: We investigated if specific carbohydrate blood group antigens were associated with infant botulism (IB) among discordant twins and triplets.
Haydee A. Dabritz, PhD +6 more
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Infant Botulism in the Very Young Neonate: A Case Series [PDF]
American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2017 Background Though botulism is a rare disease overall, all infants younger than 1 year of age are at risk of contracting infant botulism, the most prevalent form reported in the United States.
Laura Jackson +4 more
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