Ocular involvement in benign botulism B.
In nine cases of botulism B infection due to food poisoning acute onset of accommodation paresis, mydriasis, and dry-eye symptoms were the prominent clinical findings. Impairment of salivary secretion as a further effect upon cholinergic autonomic innervation was detectable for months. Guanidine treatment had a beneficial effect, whereas administration of antitoxin in the late and benign form was not effective.
D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000328:Adult; D001904:Botulinum Antitoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001906:Botulism / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D002611:Cheese / Q000506:poisoning; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006146:Guanidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
D001904:Botulinum Antitoxin; D006146:Guanidines