Botulism as a food poisoning: what is it?
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2014; 44 (1): 211-220
in English
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ABSTRACT
Botulism is a rare but potentially life-threatening neuroparalytic syndrome resulting from the action of a neurotoxin elaborated by the microorganism Clostridium botulinum. This disease has a lengthy history; the first investigation of botulism occurred in the 1820s with a case report on hundreds of patients with [sausage poisoning] in a southern German town. Several decades later in Belgium, the association was demonstrated between a neu-romuscular paralysis and ham infected by a spore forming bacillus that was isolated from the ham. The organism was named Bacillus botulinus after the Latin word for sausage, botulus
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Respiratory Function Tests
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Respiratory Insufficiency
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Botulism
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Bioterrorism
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Foodborne Diseases
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol.
Year:
2014
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