ArticleArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2022
Botulism in the Brazilian Amazon: a life-threatening disease in a neglected population.
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- Botulism Sequelae: A Systematic Review.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Tracing and characterization of foodborne botulism caused by the new MLST typeFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Dissecting and tracing the gut microbiota of infants with botulism: a cross sectional and longitudinal study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundBotulism is a rare and potentially fatal neuroparalytic syndrome caused by the gram-positive anaerobe spore-forming bacterium
objectiveTo describe the recent outbreak of botulism cases and its demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics.
methodsWe report 4 patients with botulism in the recent outbreak occurred between 2017 and 2019 in the state of Amazon.
resultsOut of four patients with botulism, three contracted it from eating contaminated food and one had wound botulism. We emphasize the excellent clinical outcome of the different disease presentations in our case series.
conclusionThe temporal proximity of these reports may suggest a new rise in the number of cases in the upcoming years. A possible hypothesis is that the rarity of the disease decreased the awareness regarding the primary prevention or even a diagnosis by an untrained physician.
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