Clinical Recovery and Circulating Botulinum Toxin Type F in Adult Patient

Abstract

A 56-year-old woman in Helena, Montana, USA, who showed clinical signs of paralysis, received antitoxins to botulinum toxins A, B, and E within 24 hours; nevertheless, symptoms progressed to complete quadriplegia. On day 8, she began moving spontaneously, even though blood tests later showed botulinum toxin type F remained.

Keywords

• Botulism
• type F
• botulinum toxin
• antitoxin
• flaccid paralysis
• cost of illness