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...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2009-06, Vol.15 (6), p.969-971
Main Authors: Sobel, Jeremy, Dill, Tracy, Kirkpatrick, Christina L, Riek, Laurel, Luedtke, Patrick, Damrow, Todd A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
antitoxin
Antitoxins
Botulinum Antitoxin - administration & dosage
Botulinum Antitoxin - therapeutic use
botulinum toxin
Botulinum Toxins - blood
Botulinum Toxins - poisoning
Botulism
Botulism - drug therapy
Botulism - pathology
Clostridium - classification
Clostridium - isolation & purification
cost of illness
Development and progression
Dispatch
Emergency Treatment
Feces - microbiology
Female
flaccid paralysis
Humans
Mice
Middle Aged
Paralysis
Respiration, Artificial
Treatment Outcome
type F
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Summary: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 botulinum toxin type F remained.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1506.070571