Abstract
Most infant botulism cases worldwide are due to botulinum toxin types A and B. Rarely, Clostridium botulinum strains that produce two serotypes (Ab, Ba, and Bf) have also been isolated from infant botulism cases. This is the first reported case of infant botulism due to C. botulinum type Af worldwide.
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Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Botulinum Toxins / genetics*
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Botulinum Toxins / metabolism
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Botulinum Toxins, Type A / genetics*
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Botulinum Toxins, Type A / metabolism
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Botulism / diagnosis*
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Botulism / pathology*
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Clostridium botulinum / classification*
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Clostridium botulinum / isolation & purification*
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DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
Substances
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DNA, Bacterial
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Botulinum Toxins
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Botulinum Toxins, Type A
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botulinum toxin type F
Associated data
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GENBANK/KM875565
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GENBANK/KM875566