CASE OF RECURRENT BOTULISM POISONING

Abstract

Experiments prove that spores of botulinal bacillus can remain in animal organs 100 to 120 days without loosing their abilities to multiply. A reduced resistance in an organism, caused by additional infection or trauma, favors a development of larger quantities of toxin, it also supports reproduction of bacillus, consequently outbreak of the disease follows. It is assumed that botulinal bacillus and spores can survive in a patient after his first illness, and that, due to reduced resistance for unknown reason, the toxin begins to develop and cause recurrent illness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0841316

Entities

People

  • B. Raszeja

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Temperature
  • Botulism
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Incubation
  • Infection
  • Maryland
  • Pain
  • Pathogenesis
  • Poisoning
  • Resistance
  • Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena
  • Wound Infections

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology