Author/Editor | Radšel, Anja; Andlovic, Alenka; Neubauer, David; Osredkar, Damjan | |
Title | Infant botulism | |
Type | članek | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 17, št. 6 | |
Publication year | 2013 | |
Volume | str. 651-656 | |
ISSN | 1090-3798 - European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | In Europe, infant botulism is a rare but probably under-diagnosed disease. With the intent to spread the awareness of this potentially life-threatening disease, we present a review of the literature with the emphasis on European epidemiology and a practical approach to diagnosis. We also report the first two confirmed cases of infant botulism in Slovenia and describe our way to thefinal diagnosis in a clinical setting where all appropriate diagnostic tests and treatment options are not readily available. The second case is particularly interesting, presenting with profound diarrhea following initial constipation, an unlikely symptom for an infant with botulism and possibly caused by Bacteroides fragilis. | |
Keywords | infant botulism clostridium botulinum botulinum toxin acute infant hypotonia diarrhea bacteroides fragilis |