Wound botulism, a potentially fatal disease, presents with signs and symptoms of food-borne botulism without the gastrointestinal manifestations. All cases have been associated with extremity wounds. The diagnosis is clinical, and aggressive ventilatory support is the cornerstone of successful therapy. A...
is recalling approximately 2,581,816 pounds of canned meat and poultry products due to a packaging defect that may cause the products to become contaminated without showing any outward signs of contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced...
If an otherwise healthy baby develops constipation, followed by weakness and difficulty in sucking, crying, or breathing, then infant botulism should be considered the most likely diagnosis until proven otherwise. If you notice these signs, you should seek immediate medical care. When infant botulis...
caused by ingestion of preformed botulinum neurotoxin in food contaminated by Clostridium botulinum home-canned, -preserved, or -fermented foods are a major source infant (intestinal) botulism 1, 2, 3, 5 caused by absorption of neurotoxin produced by bacteria colonizing the intestines of infants ...
botulism(bŏchˈəlĭzˌəm), acute poisoning resulting from ingestion of food containing toxins produced by the bacillusClostridium botulinum.The bacterium can grow only in an anaerobic atmosphere, such as that found in canned foods. Consequently, botulism is almost always caused by preserve...
In this study, we present the features of eleven cases of food-borne botulism admitted to our hospital in 2001. All of the cases were caused by home-prepared foods; green beans. In these cases, the main symptoms and signs were generalized muscular weakness, dry mouth, dysphagia, disponea ...
In Italy, foodborne botulism is a rare disease mainly due to home-preserved food. In the case reported here, clinical diagnosis was performed on the basis of clinical signs and referred consumption of home-preserved turnip tops in oil. Definitive diagnosis was performed by detection of botulinum ...
Forty-one cases demonstrated botulinal toxin in one or more specimens (serum, gastric contents, or stool). Of the 41 botulinal toxin-positive persons, 38 (93%) had at least three of the commonly recognized pentad of signs or symptoms-nausea and vomiting, dysphagia, diplopia, dilated and ...
This new name has not been officially accepted as of mid-1999, but will be generally used in this chapter instead of infant botulism. Foodborne botulism is a severe intoxication resulting from ingestion of preformed toxin present in contaminated food. The illness is characterized by acute bilateral...
Epidemiology, clinical signs, laboratorial and pathological findings in eight outbreaks of botulism in cattle in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeastern Brazil. Discussion: The outbreaks of botulism in cattle from Rio Grande do Norte state were linked to the lack or inadequate mineral supplementation ...