“Infantile” Botulism in an Adult
Abstract
A diagnosis of adult-onset “infant” botulism was confirmed by identification of botulinum toxins A and E in stool and serum of a 32-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis treated for a pseudomonas pneumonia and having a percutaneous gastrostomy tube placed for poor intake and weight loss, at the Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-10-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 79 - 80
Published on: Oct 1, 1999
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1999 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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