Intragastric Botulinum Toxin Injection and Botulism: An Alarm for Clinicians

Clostridium botulinum produces the most potent bacterial toxin, botulinum toxin A (BTXA), which has various therapeutic and cosmetic indications. Intragastric BTXA injection is a new obesity treatment method that was argued to be safe due to the inactivation of BTXA through the liver or metabolizati...

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Main Authors: Mojtaba Mojtahedzadeh, Farhad Najmeddin, Elham Pourheidar, Atabak Najafi, Reza Bahman, Ehsan Yousefi-Mazhin, Hossein Karballaei-Mirzahosseini, Rezvan Hassanpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2024-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/8183127