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Case Reports
. 2014 Aug;27(8):29-31.
doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000450805.98459.e6.

A 59-year-old man with acute onset of paralysis

Richard S Cassa  1 , Axel J Rosengart
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Case Reports

A 59-year-old man with acute onset of paralysis

Richard S Cassa et al. JAAPA. 2014 Aug.

Abstract

Botulism is a neuroparalytic illness resulting from the action of a potent toxin produced by the organism Clostridium botulinum. It can present with a classic triad of clear mentation, bulbar palsy and symmetric descending paralysis. Treatment is symptomatic and includes a botulinum antitoxin.

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