Botulism

Research Notes on Botulism

5 Great Resources on Botulism

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Botulism
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Botulism
• MedicineNet: Botulism Overview
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Clostridium Botulinum
• Mayo Clinic: Botulism Introduction

Fast Facts:

• Of the 110 cases reported each year, 72% are infant botulism, and 3% are sound botulism.
• Normal symptoms of food-borne botulism usually occur between 12-36 hours after consuming the botulinum toxin. However, can occur as early as 6 hours or as late as 10 days.
• Wound botulism has a longer incubation, usually between 4-14 days.

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What is Botulism?

• Wikipedia: Botulism
• RevolutionHealth: What is Botulism?
• CDC (via WebMd): Botulism FAQs
• HGIC.Clemson: What Is Botulism?
• IowaState: What is foodborne botulism

What Are The Symptoms of Botulism?

• MayoClinic: Signs and symptoms
• MedicineNet: What are the symptoms of botulism?
• eMedTV: Symptoms of Botulism
• WrongDiagnosis: List of symptoms of Botulism
• InteliHealth: Symptoms

What Are The Causes and Complications of Botulism?

• RevolutionHealth: Botulism Causes
• HealthNewsFlash: Complications
• CDC.gov: What causes Botulism?
• WrongDiagnosis: Causes of Botulism food poisoning
• eMedTV: Causes of Botulism

What Are The Treatments and Medications for Botulism?

• NewYorkTimesHealth: Treatment of Botulism
• WrongDiagnosis: Treatments
• eMedicine: Botulism - Treatment
• NIAID: Foodborne Diseases: Botulism Treatment
• MayoClinic: Treatment

What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Botulism?

• FDA: Types of Botulism
• eMedTV: Botulism Types
• eMedicine: Forms of Botulism
• MedicineNet: How many kinds of botulism are there?
• Wikipedia: Botulism Mortality Rate

How Do You Prevent Botulism?

• HGIC.Clemson.edu: How Can Botulism Be Prevented?
• WebMD: How can botulism be prevented?
• NIAID: Foodborne Diseases: Botulism Prevention
• Mayo Clinic: Prevention
• EHow: How to Prevent Botulism

Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Botulism

• Care2: Botulism Recall Widened
• ScienceBlogs: Botulism in the news
• Zimbio: Botulism
• ScienceBlogs: Why is it So Deadly?

Foundations and Support Groups on Botulism

• SafeTables: Fighting Food Borne Illness

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Botulism

• Topix: Botulism Fourms
• p219.Ezboard.com: Botulism
• TheStraightDope: Can Tupperware cause botulism?
• ABC.com: Food Potentially Infected With Botulism Still on Shelves Despite Recall
• ILJBoards: Warning Now it's green beans and Botulism

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Botulism

• EMedicine: CBRNE - Botulism
• JAMASearch: Botulism
• Archives of Neurology Search: Botulism
• PubMedSearch: Botulism Search
• NewsRX: Study reveals molecular basis of botulism toxin's deadly activity

Clinical Trials on Botulism

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials
• PubMedCentral: Clinical trial of botulism immune globulin for infant botulism

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