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Botulism
Author(s) -
Jones Trevor
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.18.7.312
Subject(s) - botulism , clostridium botulinum , organism , microbiology and biotechnology , toxin , biology , autolysis (biology) , paleontology , biochemistry , enzyme
BOTULISM was originally described as an intoxication which follows ingestion of neurotoxin(s) produced on autolysis of Clostridium botulinum , an obligate anaerobic spore‐forming organism saprophytic on animal and vegetable material. This form of the disease has been recorded in various species of animals and birds. ‘Infant’ botulism, where the organism becomes established in the intestines and produces toxin, occurs in humans and has been produced experimentally in foals. ‘Wound’ or ‘toxicoinfectious’ botulism, where the organism becomes established in flesh wounds and produces toxin, has been recorded in humans and horses.