Long-term outcomes of 217 botulism cases in the Republic of Georgia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-180

  Gottlieb, Sami L ^a,b   Kretsinger, Katrina ^a,b   Tarkhashvili, Nato ^c   Chakvetadze, Neli ^c   Chokheli, Maia ^c   Chubinidze, Marina ^c   Hoekstra, R Michael ^b   Jhorjholiani, Ekaterina ^c   Mirtskhulava, Merab ^c   Moistsrapishvili, Maia ^c   Sikharulidze, Merab ^c   Zardiashvili, Tamar ^c   Imnadze, Paata ^c   Sobel, Jeremy ^b  

^a Office of Workforce and Career Development   (Georgia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c National Center for Disease Control   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOTULISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; FOOD POISONING; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX RATIO; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL RATE;

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD POISONING; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34447097289     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518890     Document Type: Article

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