Abstract
In late 2003 a severely hypotonic neonate, just 38 h old at onset of illness, was found to have infant botulism caused by neurotoxigenic Clostridium baratii type F. Environmental investigations failed to identify a source of this strain. This is the youngest patient reported to have infant botulism and the fifth instance of infant botulism caused by C. baratii type F.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bacterial Proteins
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Bacterial Toxins / analysis
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Botulism / microbiology*
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Clostridium / isolation & purification*
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Clostridium / pathogenicity
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Environmental Microbiology
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Neurotoxins / analysis
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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Bacterial Toxins
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Clostridium barati F toxin
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Neurotoxins