A case of infant botulism infection due to consumption of untreated well-water

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 931-933

  Kobayashi, Tomoko ^a   Haginoya, Kazuhiro ^a   Morimoto, Tetsuji ^a   Hatakeyama, Takashi ^b   Tsuchiya, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BOTULISM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84896508259     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.11.044     Document Type: Article

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