Equine botulinum antitoxin for the treatment of infant botulism

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1845-1849

  Vanella De Cuetos, Elida E ^a   Fernandez, Rafael A ^b   Bianco, María I ^b,c   Sartori, Omar J ^a   Piovano, María L ^a   Lúquez, Carolina ^b,d   De Jong, Laura I T ^b  

^a Hospital Pediátrico Dr H J Notti of Mendoza   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^c FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; EQUINE BOTULINUM ANTITOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOTULISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT BOTULISM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE FEEDING;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BOTULINUM ANTITOXIN; BOTULISM; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HORSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80455129050     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05261-11     Document Type: Article

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