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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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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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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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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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Denmark: Botulism in an infant or infant botulism? [PDF]
Eurosurveillance, 2008 A 4.5 months old, previously healthy Danish girl was admitted to a paediatric department after six days of passive behaviour and weak suck. Over the next days she became increasingly weak, developed bilateral ptosis, the muscle stretch reflexes were lost, and mydriasis with slow pupillary responses was noted.
A, Paerregaard +5 more
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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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