Botulism is a rare, but sometimes fatal, presynaptic neuromuscular toxic disorder. It has three classic major types, food-borne, infant, and wound botulism, and an emerging form, iatrogenic botulism. This chapter discusses the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of botulism and its various types.
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Keezer, M., Benini, R., & Chalk, C. (2014). Botulism. In Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice (Vol. 9781461465676, pp. 1101–1109). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6567-6_50
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