Botulism

Last Updated: 2020-08-17

Author(s): Anzengruber, Navarini

Infection with Clostridium botulinum that is legally required to report.

  • Transmission
  • Smoked meats, canned foods, honey.
  • C. botulinum secretes toxins, which inhibits the presynaptic release of acetylcholine.
  • Muscle paralysis.
  • Dry mouth.
  • Impaired vision.
  • Medical history (what was eaten).
  • Clinical features.
  • Obligation to report.
  • Hospitalization (CAVE: renal insufficiency).
  • Treatment with a botulism antitoxin (A-G) and/or B. immunoglobulin.

 

  • Note:

A lack of botulinum toxin has become unthinkable in aesthetic medicine today. Wrinkles, torticollis and hyperhidrosis are now treated by the above described mode of action.

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