Schreiner MS et al. A review of 12 years experience at the The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Infant botulism is more than just an answer to a constipation trivia question.
Clinical cases of botulism can and do occur and diagnosing it early can be a challenge. To better understand the clinical presentation of this disease, clinical researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia published this series ten years ago. Over a twelve year period, fifty-seven infants were admitted to their facility with a diagnosis of botulism confirmed by electromyography. The large referral base of this institution and the high incidence of this condition in southeastern Pennsylvania offered these investigators the opportunity to study this sizable number of cases. The average age at admission was 102 days and the average interval from the onset of clinical signs to admission was 5 days.