Open AccessPediatric Botulism and Use of Equine Botulinum Antitoxin in Children: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Stephanie E. Griese,
Hannah Kisselburgh,
Michael T. Bartenfeld,
Erin Vinoski Thomas,
Agam K. Rao,
Jeremy Sobel,
Eric J. Dziuban
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix812
Subject(s) - medicine , botulism , antitoxin , dysphagia , pediatrics , weakness , paralysis , confidence interval , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry , genetics , toxin , biology
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.
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