Pediatric Botulism and Use of Equine Botulinum Antitoxin in Children: A Systematic Review

Botulism manifests with cranial nerve palsies and flaccid paralysis in children and adults. Botulism must be rapidly identified and treated; however, clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of noninfant botulism in children are not well described. We searched 12 databases for peer-reviewed and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2017-12, Vol.66 (suppl_1), p.S17-S29
Hauptverfasser:	Griese, Stephanie E, Kisselburgh, Hannah M, Bartenfeld, Michael T, Thomas, Erin, Rao, Agam K, Sobel, Jeremy, Dziuban, Eric J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Botulinum Antitoxin - therapeutic use Botulism - diagnosis Botulism - drug therapy Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Immunologic Factors - therapeutic use Infant Male
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Zusammenfassung:	Botulism manifests with cranial nerve palsies and flaccid paralysis in children and adults. Botulism must be rapidly identified and treated; however, clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of noninfant botulism in children are not well described. We searched 12 databases for peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed reports with primary data on botulism in children (persons
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/cid/cix812