Botulism in the Brazilian Amazon: a life-threatening disease in a neglected population

Background Botulism is a rare and potentially fatal neuroparalytic syndrome caused by the gram-positive anaerobe spore-forming bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The microorganism produces a neurotoxin that inhibits the presynaptic release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction, clinically lea...

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Main Authors: Louise Makarem Oliveira, Daniel Buzaglo Gonçalves, Lucas de Cristo Rojas Cabral, Marília Rosa Abtibol Bernardino, Pablo Vinícius Silveira Feitoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2022-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1758651
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