Infant botulism

Infant botulism is a paralytic syndrome which manifests as a result of ingesting spores of the toxin secreting bacterium Clostridium botulinum by infants. As opposed to botulism in adults, treating infant botulism with horse antiserum was not approved due to several safety issues. This restriction has led to the development of Human Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous (BIG-IV; sells under BabyBIG). In this article we review infant botulism and the advantages of treating it with BIG-IV.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:153

Enthalten in:

Harefuah - 153(2014), 3-4 vom: 09. März, Seite 180-3, 238

Sprache:

Hebräisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Falk, Absalom [VerfasserIn]
Afriat, Amichay [VerfasserIn]
Hubary, Yechiel [VerfasserIn]
Herzog, Lior [VerfasserIn]
Eisenkraft, Arik [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Botulism immune globulin
English Abstract
Immunoglobulins
Immunologic Factors
Journal Article
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.05.2014

Date Revised 05.05.2014

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM237906929