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Two Cases of Foodborne Botulism with Home-preserved Asparagus
N.N. · AINS · 2006 · Heft 3 · S. 156 bis 159
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Abstract Botulism is a rare but potentially fatal disease caused by toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum. We report botulism in two adult females, one of them just tasting from ”bad” asparagus and the other eating the full portion. Both patients survived after intermittent mechanical ventilation and trivalent antitoxin administration. The diagnosis was confirmed by detection of botulinum toxin. Acute onset of bilateral cranial neuropathies associated with symmetric descending weakness as well as some key features of the botulism syndrome including absence of fever, symmetric neurologic deficits, the patients…
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PRESSE
SERUM
SYMPTOMATIK
CLOSTRIDIUM
BOTULISMUS
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SEHSTÖRUNGEN
PNEUMONIE
AINS
