Wound Botulism Complicating a Snake Bite Wound Following Traditional Application of Raw Goat Skin Successfully Treated with Botulinum Antitoxin: A Case Report [PDF]
International Medical Case Reports JournalAhmad Shekaib Rasikh,1 Mohammad Maroof Aram,2 Abdul Tawab Noory,1 Aminulhaq Sarwary1 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Ali Abad Teaching Hospital, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Ali Abad ...
Rasikh AS, Aram MM, Noory AT, Sarwary A
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Is black tar heroin use associated with wound botulism? A report of two Hispanic patients [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2018 Key Clinical Message Wound botulism is a potentially lethal condition that can cause paralysis. Its association with black tar heroin is a well‐established fact.
Ihtesham A. Qureshi +3 more
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A pragmatic harm reduction approach to manage a large outbreak of wound botulism in people who inject drugs, Scotland 2015 [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2018 Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at an increased risk of wound botulism, a potentially fatal acute paralytic illness. During the first 6 months of 2015, a large outbreak of wound botulism was confirmed among PWID in Scotland, which resulted ...
Kirsten M. A. Trayner +7 more
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Non-Wound Tetanus Mimicking Botulism in a Low-Resource Setting: Early Recognition and Successful Intensive Care Management [PDF]
International Medical Case Reports JournalAbdullahi Hassan Elmi, Ahmed Omar Abdi Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Dr. Sumait Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, SomaliaCorrespondence: Abdullahi Hassan Elmi, Email aarrkaa@simad.edu.soIntroduction ...
Elmi AH, Abdi AO
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Adult Botulism of Unknown Source with Post-Toxin Anti-GQ1b Antibodies: Implications for Molecular Mimicry—A Case Report [PDF]
Neurology InternationalBackground: Botulism is a rare but potentially fatal neuroparalytic illness caused by Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs). While adult cases usually result from foodborne exposure or wound infection, intestinal colonization is exceedingly uncommon.
Regev Cohen +18 more
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A rare case of non-wound tetanus mimicking botulism successfully managed in the ICU [PDF]
IDCasesBackground: Tetanus and botulism are neurotoxin-mediated diseases caused by Clostridium species but differ in their clinical manifestations and mechanisms of paralysis.
Erdem Yalcinkaya +3 more
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Botulinum neurotoxin: from molecular pathogenesis to emerging countermeasures [PDF]
Saudi Pharmaceutical JournalBotulism is a severe neuroparalytic syndrome caused by botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs)—among the most potent biological agents—with an estimated human lethal dose (LD50) of approximately 1 ng/kg.
Sultan Almudimeegh
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Botulism in the Highlands: Understanding the High-Altitude Effect [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology and Global HealthBotulism is a foodborne, life-threatening neuroparalytic disease caused by Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria. Its incidence is unknown and underestimated due to missed diagnoses, especially in remote areas.
Momen Almomen, Ziad Memish
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Cortical recovery of swallowing function in wound botulism [PDF]
BMC Neurology, 2008 Background Botulism is a rare disease caused by intoxication leading to muscle weakness and rapidly progressive dysphagia. With adequate therapy signs of recovery can be observed within several days.
Ringelstein Erich B +6 more
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Clostridium botulinum – like organism bacteremia in a user of black tar heroin
IDCases, 2021 Wound botulism due to introduction of the anaerobic bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, into otherwise sterile, relatively anaerobic tissue is a known complication of black tar heroin use.
Therese Battiola +4 more
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