Efficacy of Antitoxin Therapy in Treating Patients With Foodborne Botulism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cases, 1923–2016 | Zendy

John C. O’Horo | Zendy; Eugene P. Harper | Zendy; Abdelghani El Rafei | Zendy; Rashid Ali | Zendy; Daniel C. DeSimone | Zendy; Amra Sakusic | Zendy; Omar Abu Saleh | Zendy; Jasmine R. Marcelin | Zendy; Eugene M. Tan | Zendy; Agam K. Rao | Zendy; Jeremy Sobel | Zendy; Pritish K. Tosh | Zendy

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Efficacy of Antitoxin Therapy in Treating Patients With Foodborne Botulism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cases, 1923–2016

Author(s) -

John C. O’Horo,

Eugene P. Harper,

Abdelghani El Rafei,

Rashid Ali,

Daniel C. DeSimone,

Amra Sakusic,

Omar Abu Saleh,

Jasmine R. Marcelin,

Eugene M. Tan,

Agam K. Rao,

Jeremy Sobel,

Pritish K. Tosh

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/cix815

Subject(s) - antitoxin , medicine , botulism , meta analysis , confidence interval , odds ratio , intensive care medicine , medline , toxin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry

Botulism is a rare, potentially severe illness, often fatal if not appropriately treated. Data on treatment are sparse. We systematically evaluated the literature on botulinum antitoxin and other treatments.

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