Botulism in Spain: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Antitoxin Treatment, 1997-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Botulism is a low incidence but potentially fatal infectious disease caused by neurotoxins produced mainly by Clostridium botulinum. There are different routes of acquisition, food-borne and infant/intestinal being the most frequent presentation, and antitoxin is the treatment of choice in all cases. In Spain, botulism is under surveillance, and case reporting is mandatory.

Methods

This retrospective study attempts to provide a more complete picture of the epidemiology of botulism in Spain from 1997 to 2019 and an assessment of the treatment, including the relationship between a delay in antitoxin administration and the length of hospitalization using the Cox proportional hazards test and Kruskal-Wallis test, and an approach to the frequency of adverse even

SUBMITTER: Penuelas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9863742 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature