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Emergency Care Journal, 2008 Infant Botulism is a form of human botulism in which ingested spores of Clostridium botulinum germinate, colonize the infant’s colon, in which they produce botulinum neurotoxin.
Davide Lonati +8 more
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Journal of Perinatology, 2007 Infant botulism results from the absorption of heat-labile neurotoxin produced in situ by ingested Clostridium botulinum. Honey and environmental exposure are the main sources of acquisition of the organism. Clinical manifestations are owing to progressive neuromuscular blockade, initially of muscles innervated by cranial nerves and later of the trunk,
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Exploring the genetic background of the botulism neurotoxin BoNT/B2 in Spain
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 To determine whether the neurotoxin BoNT/B2 causing botulism in Spain is clonal, the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Clostridium botulinum from food-borne episodes and infant cases of the condition were explored.
Sylvia Valdezate +7 more
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Toxemia in Human Naturally Acquired Botulism
Toxins, 2020 Human botulism is a severe disease characterized by flaccid paralysis and inhibition of certain gland secretions, notably salivary secretions, caused by inhibition of neurotransmitter release.
Christine Rasetti-Escargueil +2 more
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Adult Intestinal Toxemia Botulism
Toxins, 2020 Intoxication with botulinum neurotoxin can occur through various routes. Foodborne botulism results after consumption of food in which botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia (i.e., Clostridium botulinum or strains of Clostridium butyricum type E or ...
Richard A. Harris +2 more
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Infant botulism in Costa Rica: first report from Central America
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014 Introduction: Clostridium botulinum is known to cause descending paralysis in infants throughout the world. Methodology: The subject of this study was a three-month-old Costa Rican boy who was hospitalized because of poor suction and feeding, hypotonia,
Marcela Hernandez-de Mezerville +4 more
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Human Botulism in France, 1875–2016
Toxins, 2020 Botulism is a rare but severe disease which is characterized by paralysis and inhibition of secretions. Only a few cases had been reported at the end of the 19th century in France.
Christine Rasetti-Escargueil +2 more
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Toxins, 2020 Clostridium botulinum Group I and Clostridium sporogenes are closely related bacteria responsible for foodborne, infant and wound botulism. A comparative genomic study with 556 highly diverse strains of C. botulinum Group I and C.
Jason Brunt +7 more
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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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EDIS, 2013 Since honey is a potential and avoidable source of Clostridium botulinum spores, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatricsm and the National Honey Board recommend that honey not be given to infants younger than 12 ...
Malcolm T. Sanford +3 more
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