Despite their long shelf-life and convenience factor, canned foods may be susceptible to deadly pathogens, including botulism ...

Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that produces botulinum toxin, the neurotoxin that causes botulism, says Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and ...

Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens. At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February, experts ...

Toxins are produced by Clostridium botulinum Group I (mesophilic, with toxin production temperatures between 30 and 37 degrees C (86 to 98.6 degrees F) and Group II (psychrotrophic, capable of ...

Botox is derived from botulinum toxin type A, a toxin that’s produced from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.It just so happens to be the same bacterium that causes botulism, a rare condition ...

AKT Trading Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for a number of prepared vegetable products manufactured by Choshiya Honten Co. Ltd. due to the risk of Clostridium botulinum.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has identified botulinum toxin, known as Botox, performed at a Milton business as the source of multiple recent botulism cases. Read the latest story ...

Infection with Clostridium botulinum, commonly from canned products, often causes symptoms 12 to 36 hours after exposure, according to the Mayo Clinic.. As with other foodborne illnesses, people ...

The bacteria makes spores, which can grow and make the lethal clostridium botulinum toxin under certain conditions, including in low oxygen, acid, sugar or salt environments. It is not possible to ...

The recall involves numerous vegetable products and fears that they could be a breeding ground for Clostridium botulinum bacterium, which can produce the deadly botulinum toxin. Here’s what you ...

Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) is the potent disease agent in botulism, a potential biological weapon and an effective therapeutic drug for involuntary muscle disorders. The crystal ...

This article will review the pharmacology of botulinum toxin type A and its clinical efficacy when used to treat upper limb spasticity after stroke. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...