Update: Infant botulism

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Midura, Thaddeus F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 0029958814     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.9.2.119     Document Type: Review

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