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Infant Botulism

open access: yesJAMA, 1977
Clostridium botulinum organisms and toxin were identified in the feces of six infants, aged 5 to 20 weeks, who had illnesses clinically consistent with botulism.
Arnon, Stephen S.   +4 more
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Tracheotomy for Infant Botulism

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1979
Botulism is a serious intoxication caused by ingestion of food containing preformed botulinus toxin and characterized by rapidly progressive bulbar paralysis, generalized weakness, and respiratory insufficiency. In 1976 a distinct clinical entity of infant botulism was recognized.
J A, Wolfe   +3 more
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Infant botulism in the age of botulism immune globulin

Neurology, 2005
Infant botulism causes acute bulbar dysfunction, weakness, and respiratory failure in infants living in endemic regions of the United States. Until Food and Drug Administration approval of botulism immune globulin (BIG) in October 2003, management of infant botulism had changed little since the 1970s.
J A, Thompson   +6 more
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Syndrome of infant botulism

Pediatrics, 1977
Since the initial recognition of infant botulism,1 seven additional patients have been identified in California and there are documented reports from other regions of the United States. The syndrome of infant botulism appears to be more common than is recognized, and the attention of physicians who attend patients should be directed to this syndrome of
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Infant Botulism

MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 1994
A, Bechler-Karsch, E A, Berro
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Infant Botulism

Clinical Pediatrics, 1997
R C, Faucheux, A K, Shetty, G S, Cowan
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Infant botulism.

American family physician, 2002
Although the worldwide incidence of infant botulism is rare, the majority of cases are diagnosed in the United States. An infant can acquire botulism by ingesting Clostridium botulinum spores, which are found in soil or honey products. The spores germinate into bacteria that colonize the bowel and synthesize toxin.
Nadine, Cox, Randy, Hinkle
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Infant Botulism–Is It That Rare?

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1995
D P, Cochran, R E, Appleton
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