Open AccessInfantile Botulism: One of the Multiple Etiologies of Acute Hypotonia in Infancy
Author(s) -
Reza Arjmand,
Parastoo Sharifian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of enteric pathogens
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-3362
pISSN - 2322-5866
DOI - 10.34172/ijep.2020.15
Subject(s) - botulism , hypotonia , medicine , etiology , pediatrics , disease , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Infant botulism is an uncommon disease with a challenging diagnosis which is often confused with other diseases. This is a report of a case of infant botulism with no history of honey ingestion and responds well to equine immunoglobulin due to the low prevalence and importance of the mentioned disease.
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