Infant botulism and treatment with BIG-IV (BabyBIG®)

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-262

  Long, Sarah S ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

BabyBIG ; Botulism immune globulin; Infant botulism

Indexed keywords

BABYBIG; BOTULISM IMMUNEGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BACTERIAL SPORE; BOTULISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOIL ORGANISM; TOXIC MEGACOLON; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BOTULISM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS;

EID: 33847372071     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000256442.06231.17     Document Type: Review

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