Book chapter
Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)
Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, pp 970-977
2012
Abstract
Botulism is a neuroparalytic disease caused by the action of a heatlabile neurotoxin produced almost exclusively by Clostridium botulinum. Potential modes of acquisition are: (1) foodborne botulism, which results from the ingestion of preformed toxin, elaborated in food naturally contaminated with spores and improperly preserved; (2) wound botulism, which results from outgrowth and toxin production in wounds contaminated with spores; (3) infant botulism, which was first recognized in 1976 and results from intestinal colonization and in vivo toxin elaboration after incidental exposure to spores; (4) adult intestinal toxemia botulism, ... [1st paragraph]
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- Title
- Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)
- Creators
- Sarah S. Long
- Publication Details
- Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, pp 970-977
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Edition
- 4th
- Number of pages
- 8
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84967158506
- Other Identifier
- 991019335236804721