Trial of Immune Globulin in Infant Botulism

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-2-5

Trial of Immune Globulin in Infant Botulism

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 20 (2006): Issue 2

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Feb 2006

Abstract

A 5-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the orphan drug Human Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous (BIG-IV) in 122 infants in California with confirmed infant botulism (75 caused by type A Clostridium botulinum toxin, and 47 by type B toxin) was conducted at the California Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA; National Botulism Surveillance and Reference Laboratory, CDC and P, Atlanta; and Division of Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-2-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 13 - 13

Published on: Feb 1, 2006

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

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Keywords:

Human Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous,

Infant Botulism,

Werdnig Hoffman

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