title: Clinical recovery and circulating botulinum toxin type F in adult patient.
abstract: A 56-year-old woman in Helena, Montana, USA, who showed clinical signs of paralysis, received antitoxins to botulinum toxins A, B, and E within 24 hours; nevertheless, symptoms progressed to complete quadriplegia. On day 8, she began moving spontaneously, even though blood tests later showed botulinum toxin type F remained.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. jsobel@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sobel
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dill
authors.forename: Christina L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.forename: Laurel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Riek
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luedtke
authors.forename: Todd A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Damrow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001904:Botulinum Antitoxin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000097:blood* / Q000506:poisoning*; D001906:Botulism / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003013:Clostridium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001904:Botulinum Antitoxin; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; C096321:botulinum toxin type F