Chronic Clostridium botulinum infections in farmers

Anaerobe

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-228

  Rodloff, Arne C ^a   Krüger, Monika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Chronic, visveral botulism; Farmers

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BOTULISM; CATTLE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE D; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE F; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE G; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BOTULISM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 84859848506     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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