botulism is a serious paralytic disease caused by clostridium botulinum toxin in foods. there are seven recognized serotypes of botulinum neurotoxins among which the principal prevalent types in humans include a, b and e. infant botulism results from intestinal colonization and toxin production by c. botulinum spores in babies less than 1 year old. honey is the most important food discriminated...

introduction: widespread medical usage of botulinum toxins has increased the need for the precise analysis of its biological activity. the aim of this study was production and crystallization of the botulinum type a toxins. methods: in this study, clostridium botulinum was grown and inoculated into the tripticase soya broth culture media, under anaerobic condition and toxin production was monit...

Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and sometimes by strains of Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium baratii. There are three main forms of botulism: foodborne botulism, caused by eating foods containing the botulinum toxin; wound botulism, caused by toxin produced in a wound infected with C. botulinum...

conclusions immediate diagnosis based on careful history and physical examination are essential for management of botulism. people should be notified about proper food handling and preparation of traditional homemade foods. patients and methods during an outbreak, 10 members of a family referred to the hospital because of food poisoning. all patients had a history of consumption of doogh, a tra...

Clostridium botulinum is a spore-forming bacterium that can produce a very powerful neurotoxin that causes botulism. In this study, we have investigated the Fur transcription regulators in Clostridium botulinum and Fur-regulated genes in Clostridium botulinum A ATCC 3502. We found that gene loss may be the main cause leading to the different numbers of Fur transcription regulators in different ...

Botulinum toxin is an injectable neuromodulator derived from neurotoxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which causes botulism. The human face made up of a complex network muscles that work together to create facial expressions and perform essential functions. Clinicians who understand anatomy functional relationships between in neck can use botulinum safely selectively weaken ...

In the last fifty years, Clostridium botulinum has become notorious for its ability to produce the deadly botulinum neurotoxins. While botulinum toxin A, better known as Botox, is universally recognised by the public as a cosmetic enhancement tool, the botulinum neurotoxins are commonly used off-label for many medical conditions in ophthalmology, neurology and dermatology. The versatility of th...

introduction botulism is an acute form of poisoning resulted from ingestion of clostridium botulinum toxin. case presentation here we present five cases of food-borne botulism poisoning from home produced cheese. five patients from one family referred to our emergency unit with complaints of weakness and two had severe symptoms. in spite of the laboratory negative results antitoxin was administ...