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Diagnosis of Infant botulism food poisoning

Infant botulism food poisoning Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

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Botulism: Diagnosis
(Handbook of Diseases)

Identification of the offending toxin in the patient’s serum, stool, or gastric content or in the suspected food confirms the diagnosis. An electromyogram showing diminished muscle action potential after a single supramaximal nerve stimulus is also diagnostic.

Diagnosis also must rule out other diseases often confused with botulism, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis, cerebrovascular accident, staphylococcal food poisoning, tick paralysis, chemical intoxication, carbon monoxide poisoning, fish poisoning, trichinosis, and diphtheria.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003


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