Infantile botulism: An atypical case of an uncommon disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1038-1039

  Rick, James R ^a   Ascher, David P ^a   Smith, Robert A ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA;

EID: 0033056122     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.5.1038     Document Type: Article

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