| Literature DB >> 19906896 |
Carolina Lúquez1, Janet K Dykes, Patricia A Yu, Brian H Raphael, Susan E Maslanka.
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Clostridium botulinum type E has been associated with botulism in adults but never in infants. Infant botulism type E cases have been associated with neurotoxigenic strains of C. butyricum. We report the first infant botulism case due to C. botulinum type E worldwide.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19906896 PMCID: PMC2812300 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01420-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948