Foodborne Botulism in Western Romania: Ten Years’ Experience at a Tertiary Infectious Disease Hospital
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Symptoms | Patients | Frequency |
---|---|---|
Dysphagia | 18 | 100% |
Headache | 16 | 88% |
Dizziness | 15 | 83% |
Double Vision | 12 | 66% |
Constipation | 12 | 66% |
Ptosis | 12 | 66% |
Fatigue | 11 | 61% |
Insomnia | 11 | 61% |
Characteristic | Number (Proportion) |
---|---|
Age | 48.4 ± 17.5 |
Men | 11 (61.1%) |
Complications | 1 (5.6%) |
Urban Rural | 4 (22.2%) 14 (77.8%) |
Allergic Reaction to Antitoxin | 7 (38.9%) |
Co-existing Medical Condition | 6 (33.3%) |
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Marincu, I.; Bratosin, F.; Vidican, I.; Cerbu, B.; Suciu, O.; Turaiche, M.; Tirnea, L.; Timircan, M. Foodborne Botulism in Western Romania: Ten Years’ Experience at a Tertiary Infectious Disease Hospital. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1149. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091149
Marincu I, Bratosin F, Vidican I, Cerbu B, Suciu O, Turaiche M, Tirnea L, Timircan M. Foodborne Botulism in Western Romania: Ten Years’ Experience at a Tertiary Infectious Disease Hospital. Healthcare. 2021; 9(9):1149. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091149
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarincu, Iosif, Felix Bratosin, Iulia Vidican, Bianca Cerbu, Oana Suciu, Mirela Turaiche, Livius Tirnea, and Madalina Timircan. 2021. "Foodborne Botulism in Western Romania: Ten Years’ Experience at a Tertiary Infectious Disease Hospital" Healthcare 9, no. 9: 1149. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091149