A Case of Localized, Unilateral (Cephalic) Wound Botulism

Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Kara Jacobs SlifkaAgam K Rao

Abstract

We describe a rare presentation of botulism originally presenting with exclusively unilateral cranial nerve deficits following a puncture wound to the face. Cephalic tetanus was initially suspected but laboratory testing confirmed botulism. Botulism caused by local diffusion of toxin from a contaminated head wound can be confused with cephalic tetanus.

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May 7, 2021·MMWR. Recommendations and Reports : Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Recommendations and Reports·Agam K RaoCarolina Luquez

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