First report worldwide of an infant botulism case due to Clostridium botulinum type E.
Journal: Journal Of Clinical Microbiology
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Abstract
Clostridium botulinum type E has been associated with botulism in adults but never in infants. Infant botulism type E cases have been associated with neurotoxigenic strains of C. butyricum. We report the first infant botulism case due to C. botulinum type E worldwide.
Authors
Carolina Lúquez, Janet Dykes, Patricia Yu, Brian Raphael, Susan Maslanka
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