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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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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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Eurasian J Med, 2010 Infant botulism is a rare condition caused by intestinal colonization with Clostridium botulinum. The enteric toxin causes intestinal immobility and progressive descending paralysis due to the effect on acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction and other cholinergic nerve terminals, particularly in the gut.
Cagan E, Peker E, Dogan M, Caksen H.
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Genetic Characterization of Clostridium botulinum Isolated from the First Case of Infant Botulism in Korea. [PDF]
Ann Lab Med, 2021 Jeon JH +11 more
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Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1996 INTRODUCTION 119 FORMS OF BOTULISM 119 ETIOLOGIC AGENTS OF INFANT BOTULISM 119 Clostridium botulinum 119 Other Botulinum Toxin-Producing Clostridia 120 CLINICAL ASPECTS 120 Clinical Symptoms 120 Diseases and Conditions Confused with Infant Botulism 120 Management of Hospitalized Patients 120 Hospitalization Costs 120 Link to Sudden Infant Death ...
T. F. Midura
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A summary of surveillance, morbidity and microbiology of laboratory-confirmed cases of infant botulism in Canada, 1979-2019. [PDF]
Can Commun Dis Rep, 2021 Harris R +4 more
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Infant Botulism, Israel, 2007-2021. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2023 Goldberg B +12 more
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First confirmed case of infant botulism caused by Clostridium botulinum type A(B) in a 10-month-old infant in Hanoi, Vietnam. [PDF]
IJID Reg, 2022 Nga TT +12 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 (Basel), 2021 Dilena R +10 more
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