Coproexamination for Botulinal Toxin and Clostridium botulinum: A New Procedure for Laboratory Diagnosis of Botulism
Vulus R. Dowell;Loretta M. McCroskey;Charles L. Hatheway;George L. Lombard;James M. Hughes;Michael H. Merson;
JAMA1977Vol. 238pp. 1829-1832
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Abstract
Stool or serum specimens or both from 318 persons pertaining to 165 botulism investigations over a three-year period were examined. Botulinal toxin was detected