Infant botulism due to consumption of contaminated commercially prepared honey: First report from the Arabian Gulf States

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 456-458

  Van Der Vorst, Maria M J ^a,b   Jamal, Wafaa ^a   Rotimi, Vincent O ^a,b   Moosa, Alie ^b  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Clostridium botulinum; Honey; Infant botulism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FECES CULTURE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HONEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; SEPSIS; WEAKNESS;

BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HONEY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 33749872228     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095494     Document Type: Article

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