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Botulism in the Brazilian Amazon: a life-threatening disease in a neglected population
Background Botulism is a rare and potentially fatal neuroparalytic syndrome caused by the gram-positive anaerobe spore-forming bacterium Clostridium botulinum . The microorganism produces a neurotoxin that inhibits the presynaptic release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction, clinically l...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9800156/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36580960 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1758651 |