Infant botulism: a rare cause of colonic ileus
- 1 February 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Pediatric Radiology
- Vol. 25 (1) , 24-26
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02020836
Abstract
We have recently seen two patients with infant botulism, one of whom had radiologic evidence of autonomic and neuromuscular dysfunction. Both infants had been fed small amounts of honey, which is often contaminated withClostridium botulinum spores, during the Jewish New Year celebration.Keywords
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