Long-Term Outcomes of 217 Botulism Cases in the Republic of Georgia
| Autor: | Maia Chokheli, Tamar Zardiashvili, Sami L. Gottlieb, Ekaterina Jhorjholiani, Jeremy Sobel, Paata Imnadze, Merab Sikharulidze, Neli Chakvetadze, Nato Tarkhashvili, R. Michael Hoekstra, Marina Chubinidze, Katrina Kretsinger, Maia Moistsrapishvili, Merab Mirtskhulava |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male Microbiology (medical) Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Botulinum Toxins Adolescent Georgia (Republic) Severity of Illness Index Disease Outbreaks Foodborne Diseases Age Distribution Sickness Impact Profile Severity of illness Confidence Intervals Odds Ratio Humans Medicine Botulism Sex Distribution Child Aged Probability Retrospective Studies business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Case-control study Retrospective cohort study Odds ratio Middle Aged medicine.disease Confidence interval Survival Rate Infectious Diseases Case-Control Studies Foodborne Botulism Quality of Life Physical therapy Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Infectious Diseases. 45:174-180 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 1058-4838 |
| Popis: | Background. The acute paralytic syndrome of botulism has been well-described; however, little is known about its long-term consequences.Methods. We conducted a case-control study in the Republic of Georgia to evaluate the health of patients ⩾6 months after they had experienced an episode of botulism. Case patients were selected on the basis of who had had a clinical diagnosis of foodborne botulism reported to the national surveillance system from 1998 through 2003. Three control subjects were randomly selected from each patient's community.Results. We located 217 patients who had had botulism from surveillance records, with a median time since onset of illness of 4.3 years. The median age was 37 years, and 49% of the patients were female, similar to the control subjects. Most of the patients (68%) had acquired botulism from home-conserved vegetables (probably containing toxin type B), 15% had been hospitalized for |
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