Experience with the use of an investigational F(ab')2 heptavalent botulism immune globulin of equine origin during an outbreak of type E botulism in Egypt

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1996
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Abstract
During an outbreak of type E foodborne botulism in Cairo in 1991, an investigational equine F(ab')2 "despeciated" heptavalent botulism immune globulin (dBIG) was provided to the Egyptian Ministry of Health by the U.S. Army. Of 54 patients known to have been treated with antitoxins, 4 received commer …
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Authors Hibbs RG;Weber JT;Corwin A;Allos BM;Abd el Rehim MS;Sharkawy SE;Sarn JE;McKee KT;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 1996
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8842274
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support u.s. gov't non-p.h.s. disease outbreaks interviews as topic botulism / drug therapy* botulinum toxins / immunology* botulism / epidemiology pmid:8842274 doi:10.1093/clinids/23.2.337 r g hibbs j t weber k t mckee antitoxins / adverse effects* clostridium botulinum / immunology* egypt / epidemiology globulins / immunology immunoglobulin fab fragments / adverse effects* immunoglobulin fab fragments / therapeutic use

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