"Botulism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disease caused by potent protein NEUROTOXINS produced by CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM which interfere with the presynaptic release of ACETYLCHOLINE at the NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION. Clinical features include abdominal pain, vomiting, acute PARALYSIS (including respiratory paralysis), blurred vision, and DIPLOPIA. Botulism may be classified into several subtypes (e.g., food-borne, infant, wound, and others). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1208)
| Descriptor ID |
D001906
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.222.151 C10.668.758.200 C10.720.150 C25.723.415.151
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| Concept/Terms |
Botulism- Botulism
- Toxico-Infectious Botulism
- Toxico Infectious Botulism
- Botulism, Toxico-Infectious
- Botulism, Toxico Infectious
- Clostridium botulinum Infection
- Clostridium botulinum Infections
- Infection, Clostridium botulinum
Botulism, Infantile- Botulism, Infantile
- Infantile Botulism
- Infant Botulism
- Botulism, Infant
- Infant Botulisms
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| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Botulism" by people in Profiles.
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Botulism during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The importance of differential diagnoses. Anaerobe. 2021 Aug; 70:102389.
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Identification and characterization of Clostridium botulinum strains associated with an infant botulism case in China. Anaerobe. 2019 Feb; 55:1-7.
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Iatrogenic Botulism Outbreak in Egypt due to a Counterfeit Botulinum Toxin A Preparation - A Descriptive Series of Patient Features and Outcome. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2018 Nov; 123(5):622-627.
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Botulism During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: A Systematic Review. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 12 27; 66(suppl_1):S30-S37.
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Efficacy of Antitoxin Therapy in Treating Patients With Foodborne Botulism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cases, 1923-2016. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 12 27; 66(suppl_1):S43-S56.
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Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in an Immigrant Community: Overcoming Delayed Disease Recognition, Ambiguous Epidemiologic Links, and Cultural Barriers to Identify the Cause. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 12 27; 66(suppl_1):S82-S84.
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An in vitro cell-based potency assay for pharmaceutical type A botulinum antitoxins. Vaccine. 2017 12 19; 35(52):7213-7216.
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Characterization of the functional activity of botulinum neurotoxin subtype B6. Microbiol Immunol. 2017 Nov; 61(11):482-489.
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[Botulism: Diagnosis and Therapy]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2017 Sep; 142(17):1304-1312.
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Reoccurrence of botulinum neurotoxin subtype A3 inducing food-borne botulism, Slovakia, 2015. Euro Surveill. 2017 Aug 10; 22(32).