Signs and symptoms predictive of respiratory failure in patients with foodborne botulism in Thailand

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Abstract
We conducted a clinical study of 137 patients with home-canned bamboo shoot botulism at Nan Hospital, northern Thailand. The median age of the patients was 44 years (range = 14-74 years) and 36.2% were male. The median incubation period was 2 days (range = 1-8 days). Forty-three patients (31.4%) dev …
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Authors Wongtanate M;Sucharitchan N;Tantisiriwit K;Oranrigsupak P;Chuesuwan A;Toykeaw S;Suputtamongkol Y;;
Journal The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Year 2007
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17690419
Keywords
National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female male adolescent aged middle aged risk factors disease outbreaks* botulism / microbiology thailand / epidemiology respiratory insufficiency / therapy botulinum toxins botulism / therapy botulism / complications* botulism / epidemiology pmid:17690419 manas wongtanate niwatchai sucharitchan yupin suputtamongkol type a / metabolism* type a / poisoning clostridium botulinum / growth & development* cranial nerve diseases nausea respiratory insufficiency / epidemiology respiratory insufficiency / etiology* urinary retention

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