Botulism during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The importance of differential diagnoses

Botulism is a neuroparalytic syndrome caused by a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. We describe a patient with neurological symptoms associated with intoxication by Clostridium botulinum and infection by SARSCoV2. This report underlines that it is mandatory, even in case of SARS-CoV-2 po...

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Autores principales: Gatto, Antonio, Pulitanò, Silvia Maria, Conti, Giorgio, Soave, Paolo Maurizio, Di Sarno, Lorenzo, Chiaretti, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8149469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34051376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102389
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Sumario:Botulism is a neuroparalytic syndrome caused by a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. We describe a patient with neurological symptoms associated with intoxication by Clostridium botulinum and infection by SARSCoV2. This report underlines that it is mandatory, even in case of SARS-CoV-2 positivity, to investigate all the causes of a clinical pattern.

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