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Infant Botulism

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1990
Three infants with a relapsing form of infant botulism are reported from the Division of Child Neurology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.
J Gordon Millichap
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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, Hoang LH, Trang LT, Tram NT, Yen PB, Trung NT, Giang NTH, Duong DTT, Tuan TA, Tho BT, Morita M, Kenri T, Senoh M.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Genetic Characterization of Clostridium botulinum Isolated from the First Case of Infant Botulism in Korea. [PDF]

Ann Lab Med, 2021
Botulism is a neuroparalytic disease caused by a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. This study aimed to genetically characterize C. botulinum strain isolated from the first case of infant botulism in Korea reported on June 17, 2019.
Jeon JH, Choi CH, Kim JH, Hyun J, Choi ES, Choi SY, Shin YW, Pyo SW, Kim DW, Kang BH, Park YJ, Rhie GE.   +11 more
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Historical Perspectives and Guidelines for Botulinum Neurotoxin Subtype Nomenclature [PDF]

, 2017
Botulinum neurotoxins are diverse proteins. They are currently represented by at least seven serotypes and more than 40 subtypes. New clostridial strains that produce novel neurotoxin variants are being identified with increasing frequency, which ...
Anniballi, Fabrizio, Austin, John W., Bano, Luca, Bradshaw, Marite, Cheng, Luisa W., Cuervo, Paula, Derman, Yagmur, Dorner, Brigitte G., Fisher, Audrey, Hill, Karen K., Kalb, Suzanne R., Korkeala, Hannu, Lindström, Miia, Lista, Florigio, Luquez, Carolina, Mazuet, Christelle, Peck, Michael W., Pirazzini, Marco, Popoff, Michel R., Rossetto, Ornella, Rummel, Andreas, Sesardic, Dorothea, Singh, Bal Ram, Smith, Theresa J., Stringer, Sandra C.   +24 more
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Infant botulism

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2013
Infant botulism is a potentially fatal disease, caused by neurotoxigenic strain of Clostridium botulinum that colonizes infant’s gut. The incidence of the disease is low, but is probably underestimated in Europe.
Anja Radšel, Štefan Grosek, Anamarija Meglič, Damjan Osredkar, Alenka Andlovic   +4 more
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Infant Botulism: In Search of Clostridium botulinum Spores. [PDF]

Curr Microbiol
Infant botulism is now the most common form of human botulism in Canada and the United States. Infant botulism is a severe neuroparalytic disease caused by ingestion of the spore-forming neurotoxic clostridia, including Clostridium botulinum that ...
Harris RA, Dabritz HA.
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Severe Infant Botulism, China. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Infant botulism in a 4-month-old boy in China who continued to excrete toxins for over a month despite antitoxin therapy was further treated with fecal microbiota transplantation.
Fan C, Li R, Wang L, Li K, Jia X, Gao H, Zhang B, Xu X, Qian S.   +8 more
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Infantile Hypotonia: A Case of Spinal Muscular Atrophy With Respiratory Distress Type 1 Presenting As Infant Botulism. [PDF]

Cureus, 2021
Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD 1) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by distal muscular atrophy and respiratory distress.
Cardenas J, Cardenas J, Lee A, Brown M, Galan F, Scimeme J, Labilloy A.   +6 more
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Closed genome sequence of Clostridium botulinum type B1 strain isolated from an infant botulism case in the United States. [PDF]

Microbiol Resour Announc
We present the closed genome sequence of the Clostridium botulinum BT-22100019 strain isolated from the stool specimen of an infant diagnosed with botulism.
Pillai CA, Thirunavukkarasu N, Gonzalez-Escalona N, Melka D, Curry P, Binet R, Tallent S, Brown E, Sharma S.   +8 more
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Elevated incidence of infant botulism in a 17-county area of the Mid-Atlantic region in the United States, 2000-2019, including association with soil types. [PDF]

Appl Environ Microbiol
We sought to identify counties in the northeastern United States where the incidence of infant botulism (IB) is elevated compared to the nationwide incidence and to assess associations with soil type at the case residence.
Dabritz HA, Friberg IK, Payne JR, Moreno-Gorrin C, Lunquest K, Thomas D, Newman AP, Negrón EA, Drohan PJ.   +8 more
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