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