A severe case of infant botulism caused by Clostridium botulinum type A with concomitant intestinal viral infections

Eur J Pediatr. 2004 Aug;163(8):501-2. doi: 10.1007/s00431-004-1476-z. Epub 2004 May 29.

Authors

Lucia Fenicia¹, Fabrizio Anniballi, Silvia Pulitanò, Orazio Genovese, Giancarlo Polidori, Paolo Aureli

Affiliation

¹ National Reference Centre for Botulism, National Centre for Food Quality and Risk Assessment, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. fenicia@iss.it

PMID: 15170567
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1476-z

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Botulinum Toxins, Type A / isolation & purification*
Botulism / complications*
Coxsackievirus Infections / complications*
Humans
Infant
Male
RNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid
Spores, Bacterial / isolation & purification

Substances

RNA, Viral
Botulinum Toxins, Type A