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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...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Louise Makarem, Gonçalves, Daniel Buzaglo, Cabral, Lucas de Cristo Rojas, Bernardino, Marília Rosa Abtibol, Feitoza, Pablo Vinícius Silveira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2022
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

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