Infant botulism: A brief overview

Anaerobe

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 161-164

  Schechter, Robert ^a,b  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTULOSE; VACCINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD POISONING; HONEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033141212     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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