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Food-borne Botulism Caused by Clay Cheese: A Case Report.

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Recently, the use of metal and plastic containers instead of clay containers in producing this type of cheese has provided the anaerobic condition for growing the bacterium and producing the botulinum toxin. In this case report was to introduce "clay cheese dug in the ground"

[Traumatic wound botulism].

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Botulism is a rare illness caused by a potent neurotoxin produced by the bacterium of the Clostridium family. Clostridium botulinum is the most frequent one, but Clostridium baratti and Clostridium butyricum are also neurotoxins producers. There are seven neurotoxins types, A to G; A, B, E, F and G

Early diagnosis and treatment in a child with foodborne botulism.

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BACKGROUND Foodborne botulism is a neuroparalytic disease caused by ingestion of food contaminated with botulinum toxins. Despite rare the mortality rate is high if untreated. Diagnosis of botulism is still a challenge for clinician, due to the variability of clinical manifestations and disease

[Botulism in Casablanca. (11 cases)].

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Botulism is a rare but severe disease. Whereas until 1980, only one case of botulism had been reported in our department, in 1999, a real botulism epidemic took place in Morocco. To our knowledge, it's the first outbreak of that kind in Morocco. We report here an epidemiologic and descriptive study

Outbreak of botulism in north west England and Wales, June, 1989.

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The clinical features of 27 patients identified in an outbreak of botulism in Lancashire, England, and North Wales are reviewed. All but 1 of the patients (age range 14 months to 74 years) were admitted to hospital: 12 were treated in intensive care units, and 8 received positive pressure

[Food-borne botulism in 2 brothers].

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Two boys with symptoms of food borne botulism are presented. Confirmation of diagnosis relied on proof of toxin in the serum of both patients by the so called mouse neutralization test, whereas the EMG showed negative results. Both boys recovered fully without administration of equine antitoxin.

Clinical Characteristics and Ancillary Test Results Among Patients With Botulism-United States, 2002-2015.

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UNASSIGNED Botulism is classically described as a bilateral, symmetric, descending flaccid paralysis in an afebrile and alert patient without sensory findings. We describe the reported spectrum of clinical findings among persons >12 months of age in the United States during 2002-2015. UNASSIGNED The

[Immunological indices in the digestive tract secretions in subcutaneous and oral vaccination against typhoid fever].

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Volunteers were vaccinated subcutaneously and orally against typhoid fever; a determination was made of immunological reactions in the digestive tract secretions. Oral vaccination caused a much greater production of the secretory IgA than the subcutaneous one. Immunoglobulins of classes G and M were

Two Cases of Infant Botulism Presenting with Altered Mental Status

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Infant botulism is a progressive process described as starting with descending weakness, facial palsies and constipation. Loss of bulbar reflexes and flaccid paralysis are common in infants less than 6 months old who have infant botulism. Clostridium botulinum, the bacteria that produce the

Two cases of foodborne botulism with home-preserved asparagus.

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Botulism is a rare but potentially fatal disease caused by toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum. We report botulism in two adult females, one of them just tasting from "bad" asparagus and the other eating the full portion. Both patients survived after intermittent mechanical ventilation and

Biological agents as weapons 1: smallpox and botulism.

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1. Early recognition by clinicians of illnesses suggesting a biological attack is integral to the public health response. 2. The four biological agents of most concern are smallpox virus, botulinum toxin, and anthrax and plague bacteria. 3. Smallpox is distinguishable from chickenpox by the

Pediatric Botulism and Use of Equine Botulinum Antitoxin in Children: A Systematic Review.

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UNASSIGNED Botulism manifests with cranial nerve palsies and flaccid paralysis in children and adults. Botulism must be rapidly identified and treated; however, clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of noninfant botulism in children are not well described. UNASSIGNED We searched 12 databases

[Iatrogenic botulism: a complication to be taken into account in the treatment of child spasticity].

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BACKGROUND During the last decades the use of botulinum toxin for management of muscular disorders and spasticity associated to cerebral palsy has become a widespread practice. METHODS A 6-years female suffering of cerebral palsy secondary to a partial agenesis of the corpus callosum who was

Costs of acute bacterial foodborne disease in Canada and the United States.

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Bacterial foodborne disease is increasing in industrialized as well as developing countries. For Canada and the United States many millions of cases are believed to occur each year, based on extrapolations of survey data, human enteric isolations and reported foodborne disease cases. The economic

The impact of international travel on the epidemiology of enteric infections, British Columbia, 2008.

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OBJECTIVE Travel-related enteric infections likely represent a large proportion of all enteric infections in British Columbia (BC). The objective of this study was to assess the proportion of enteric infections in BC reported in 2008 associated with international travel in order to understand trends

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