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Botulism
Condition Overview: Botulism is a neuromuscular (paralytic) disease caused by a bacterial toxin acting in the intestine (enterotoxin) and causing neuromuscular poisoning (resulting from Clostridium botulinum toxin). There are three generally recognized types; food-borne, wound, and infant. Foodborne botulism results when C. botulinum toxin, produced in contaminated food, is ingested or the spores are inhaled. Wound botulism is caused by C. botulinum toxin in wounds that are contaminated with this bacterium. The most common form of botulism in the United States, infant botulism, is caused by the ingestion or inhaling of C. botulinum spores and the subsequent production of botulinum toxin in the intestines of affected infants. (Parenthetically, botulinum toxin has become a therapeutic agent and orphan drug in its own right and is used in the treatment of certain dystonias and other disorders.)Any case of botulism is considered to be a public health emergency because of the potential for toxin-containing foods to injure others who eat them and because of the potential misuse of botulinum toxin as a biological weapon. State and local public health officials by law must be informed immediately whenever botulism is suspected in a human patient. |
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