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ArticleGastro hep advances2025

Botulism Type F: Foodborne or Adult Intestinal Colonization?

Idean Pourshams, Pradeep Kumbham, Srikar Ranga, Kimberly N Calloway, Naveen Patil, Michelle A Waltenburg

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Article in Gastro hep advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Idean PourshamsDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Pradeep KumbhamDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Srikar RangaUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dallas, Texas.
Kimberly N CallowayUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dallas, Texas.
Naveen PatilArkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Michelle A WaltenburgUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dallas, Texas.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman presented to urgent care suspecting an allergic reaction to foods that were consumed the previous evening. Her condition rapidly deteriorated to include cranial nerve palsies followed by a descending symmetric muscle weakness requiring mechanical ventilation. Botulism was suspected, and after consultation with public health experts at the state health department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, treatment with botulism antitoxin was initiated. The patient required prolonged ventilation and rehabilitation but achieved near-complete recovery after several weeks. Botulinum neurotoxin type F was detected in the patient's serum. Serial testing of the patient's clinical specimens was not performed. The patient's rapid progression to severe paralysis with a relatively swift recovery resembles previously described botulism type F cases. Public health investigations were unable to determine whether the patient had foodborne or adult intestinal colonization botulism.

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BotulismFoodborneParalysisSemaglutideType F

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PMID40385703
PMCPMC12083993

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