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Characterizing the fecal microbiota of infants with botulism

BACKGROUND: Infant botulism is the most prevalent form of botulism in the USA, representing 68.5 % of cases reported from 2001–2012. Infant botulism results when botulinum toxin-producing clostridia (BTPC) colonize the infant gut with concomitant in vivo production of the highly potent botulinum neu...

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Autores principales: Shirey, T. Brian, Dykes, Janet K., Lúquez, Carolina, Maslanka, Susan E., Raphael, Brian H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4655454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26593441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-015-0119-0