A severe case of infant botulism caused by Clostridium botulinum type A with concomitant intestinal viral infections.
Fenicia
Lucia
L
National Reference Centre for Botulism, National Centre for Food Quality and Risk Assessment, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. fenicia@iss.it
Anniballi
Fabrizio
F
Pulitanò
Silvia
S
Genovese
Orazio
O
Polidori
Giancarlo
G
Aureli
Paolo
P
D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001906:Botulism / Q000150:complications*; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification
D012367:RNA, Viral; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A