Local outbreak of foodborne botulism in Krasnoyarsk

Abstract

Botulism is a serious infectious disease that has not lost its relevance today. Due to the widespread popularity of home canning, botulism is widespread everywhere, more often recorded in the form of sporadic cases and small (local) outbreaks. The paper presents a clinical case of a severe form of food botulism with the development of bulbar disorders and respiratory disorders in one of three patients united by one epidanamnesis. The complexity of differential diagnosis of botulism and the importance of timely diagnosis is emphasized.

Keywords

• botulism
• botulnum toxin
• differential diagnosis
• anti-botulinum serum
• diagnostics tactics of treatment