TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Botulism
A1  - Geyer, Howard L.
A2  - Hoffman, Robert S.
A2  - Howland, Mary Ann
A2  - Lewin, Neal A.
A2  - Nelson, Lewis S.
A2  - Goldfrank, Lewis R.
PY  - 2015
T2  - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
AB  - Botulism,  a  potentially  fatal  neuroparalytic  illness,  results  from  exposure  to  botulinum  neurotoxin  (BoNT),  which  is  produced  by  the  bacterium  ­Clostridium  botulinum  and  other  Clostridium  species.  The  earliest  cases  of  botulism  were  described  in  Europe  in  1735  and  were  attributed  to  improperly  preserved  German  sausage;  the  name  of  the  disease  alludes  to  this  association,  botulus  being  Latin  for  sausage.  Emile  van  Ermengem  identified  the  causative  organism  in  1897  and  named  it  Bacillus  botulinum;  it  was  later  renamed  Clostridium  botulinum.22  These  Gram-positive,  spore-forming  bacteria  produce  seven  serotypes  of  BoNT,  denoted  A  through  G.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108428527
ER  -