Clinical Recovery and Circulating Botulinum Toxin Type F in Adult Patient
A 56-year-old woman in Helena, Montana, USA, who showed clinical signs of paralysis, received antitoxins to botulinum toxins A, B, and E within 24 hours; nevertheless, symptoms progressed to complete quadriplegia. On day 8, she began moving spontaneously, even though blood tests later showed botulin...
Main Authors: | Jeremy Sobel, Tracy Dill, Christina L. Kirkpatrick, Laurel Riek, Patrick Luedtke, Todd A. Damrow |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2009-06-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/6/07-0571_article |
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