A paralytic illness caused by a neurotoxin produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum
Characterized by acute onset of cranial nerve dysfunction (diplopia, difficulty sw...
Adult botulism:
Acute onset of cranial nerve dysfunction
IV drug use, skin-popping, or cocaine use (wound botulism)
Retains normal mental state; no fever or sensory dysfunction
Infantile ...
Patients with clinical signs, symptoms, or history suspicious for botulism should be hospitalized immediately and closely monitored for signs of respiratory failure (2). ...
Pulmonary function testing
Cardiorespira...
Dilena R, Pozzato M, Baselli L, et al. Infant botulism: checklist for timely clinical diagnosis and new possible risk factors originated from a case report and literature...
A48.52 Wound botulism
A48.5 Other specified botulism
A48.51 Infant botulism
A05.1 Botulism food poisoning
398530003 Wound botulism
398565003 Infection caused by Clostridium botulinum
398523...
Botulism is paralytic illness caused by a neurotoxin produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
Infantile botulism is caused by ingestion of spores (typically from soil ...
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Clostridial diseases. Clostridia in the vegetative form inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals. Spores pass in the feces, contaminate soil and plant materials, and are ingested or enter sites of penetrating wounds. Under anaerobic conditions they revert to vegetative forms. Plasmids in the vegetative forms elaborate toxins that cause several clostridial diseases. Food poisoning and necrotizing enteritis. Meat dishes left to cool at room temperature grow large numbers of cl...
Clostridial diseases. Clostridia in the vegetative form inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals. Spores pass in the feces...
<bold><italic>Figure 15-20</bold> Mechanisms of bacterial enterocolitis.</bold> Diarrhea can be caused by (<bold>A</bold>) bacterial toxin formed in food before ingestion, (<bold>B</bold>) toxin formed in the intestinal tract after infection, or (<bold>C</bold>) direct invasion of infective organisms in the bowel wall.
<bold><italic>Figure 15-20</bold> Mechanisms of bacterial enterocolitis.</bold> Diarrhea can be caused by (<bol...