Infant Botulism, Israel, 2007–2021

Infant botulism (IB) is an intestinal toxemia that manifests as descending paralysis, constipation, and, in some cases, respiratory failure. Laboratory-confirmed IB cases are rare, and recent data in Israel are lacking. We conducted a national multicenter retrospective study of laboratory-confirmed...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Bar Goldberg, Dana Danino, Yoel Levinsky, Itzhak Levy, Rachel Straussberg, Halima Dabaja-Younis, Alex Guri, Yotam Almagor, Diana Tasher, Daniel Elad, Zina Baider, Shlomo Blum, Oded Scheuerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-02-01
Subjects:
infant botulism
pediatrics
epidemiology
honey
botulism neurotoxin
Clostridium botulinum
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/2/22-0991_article

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