Emergency response to a cluster of suspected food-borne botulism in Abuja, Nigeria: challenges with diagnosis and treatment in a resource-poor setting

Food-borne botulism is a rare, acute and potentially fatal neurologic disorder that results from ingestion of food contaminated by botulinum toxin released from the anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium Clostridium botulinum. We reported an unusual cluster of botulism outbreak with high...

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Autores principales: Okunromade, Oyeladun, Dalhat, Mahmood Muazu, Umar, Aminatu Makarfi, Dada, Augustine Olajide, Nikau, Jamilu, Maneh, Lamin, Ita, Okokon Ita, Balogun, Muhammad Shakir, Nguku, Patrick, Ojo, Olubunmi, Ihekweazu, Chikwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7572660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33117481
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.287.20872

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7572660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33117481
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.287.20872

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