Clinical and laboratory comparison of botulism from toxin types A, B, and E in the United States, 1975-1988

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Abstract
Cases of adult botulism (n = 309) were studied to identify clinical differences between toxin types and to evaluate the sensitivity of diagnostic laboratory testing. Patients with illness from type E toxin had the shortest incubation periods. Sporadic case-patients were more severely ill: 85% requir …
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Authors Woodruff BA;Griffin PM;McCroskey LM;Smart JF;Wainwright RB;Bryant RG;Hutwagner LC;Hatheway CL;;
Journal The Journal of infectious diseases
Year 1992
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1431246
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine female male Comparative Study sensitivity and specificity feces / microbiology disease outbreaks* intubation feces / chemistry botulism / diagnosis* clostridium botulinum / isolation & purification c l hatheway p m griffin botulism / epidemiology pmid:1431246 doi:10.1093/infdis/166.6.1281 b a woodruff botulinum toxins / analysis* botulinum toxins / blood gastric juice / microbiology

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