Wound botulism

Practical Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-51

  Sieradzan, Katarzyna A ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; MAGNESIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; NEUROTOXIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EYE DISEASE; FACE MUSCLE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTH AMERICA; TICK BITE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 14044259326     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-7766.2005.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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