RL Shapiro, C Hatheway, DL Swerdlow - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998 - Am Coll Physicians Botulism is caused by a neurotoxin produced from the anaerobic, spore-forming
bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botulism in humans is usually caused by toxin
types A, B, and E. Since 1973, a median of 24 cases of foodborne botulism, ... Cited by 269 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
M Cherington - Muscle and Nerve, 1998 - interscience.wiley.com Botulism is a paralyzing disease caused by the toxin of Clostridium botulinum.
The toxin produces skeletal muscle paralysis by producing a presynaptic blockade
to the release of acetylcholine. Recent studies have pinpointed the site of ... Cited by 149 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
BA Woodruff, PM Griffin, LM McCroskey, JF … - The Journal of infectious diseases, 1992 - jstor.org Clinical and Laboratory Comparison of Botulism from Toxin Types A, B, and E ...
Bradley A. Woodruff, Patricia M. Griffin, Loretta M. McCroskey, Joanne F. Smart,
Robert B. Wainwright, Raymond G. Bryant, Lori C. Hutwagner, and Charles L. ... Cited by 81 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
RL Shapiro, C Hatheway, J Becher, DL … - JAMA, 1997 - Am Med Assoc You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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CO Tacket, WX Shandera, JM Mann, NT … - The American journal of medicine, 1984 - Elsevier The use of trivalent equine antitoxin in treating foodborne botulism has not
been adequately assessed. One hundred thirty-two cases of type A foodborne
botulism reported to the Centers for Disease Control in the period from ... Cited by 150 - Related articles - All 4 versions
JM HUGHES, JR BLUMENTHAL, MH MERSON … - Annals of internal medicine, 1981 - Am Coll Physicians Medical records of 55 patients with type A and type B food-borne botulism
reported to the Centers for Disease Control during 2 years were reviewed to
assess the clinical features and severity of illness, diagnostic test ... Cited by 89 - Related articles - All 3 versions
SS Arnon, R Schechter, TV Inglesby, DA … - Jama, 2001 - Am Med Assoc You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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DJ Passaro, SB Werner, J McGee, WR Mac … - Jama, 1998 - Am Med Assoc Context.— Wound botulism (WB) is a potentially lethal, descending, flaccid,
paralysis that results when spores of Clostridium botulinum germinate in a wound
and elaborate neurotoxin. Since 1988, California has experienced a dramatic ... Cited by 121 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
RE Black, RA Gunn - The American Journal of Medicine, 1980 - Elsevier During an 11-year period (1967 through 1977) CDC monitored reactions of
hypersensitivity to botulinal antitoxin of equine origin. Of 268 persons given
botulinal antitoxin, 24 (9.0 percent) had nonfatal acute (5.3 percent) or ... Cited by 93 - Related articles - All 3 versions