Botulism in the United States: a clinical and epidemiologic review
Shapiro RL;Hatheway C;Swerdlow DL;;
annals of internal medicine1998Vol. 129pp. -
225
rl1998annalsbotulism
Abstract
Botulism is caused by a neurotoxin produced from the anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botulism in humans is usually caused by toxin types A, B, and E. Since 1973, a median of 24 cases of foodborne botulism, 3 cases of wound botulism, and 71 cases of infant botulism have been …