Selected Botulism Publications

Highlights

  • Best practices for diagnosing, monitoring, and treating botulism, including during outbreaks
  • Publications on botulism epidemiology, laboratory findings, illnesses and outbreaks, food safety, and more
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Spotlight

Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Botulism, 2021

These are the first comprehensive clinical care guidelines for botulism. They include best diagnosing, monitoring, and treating botulism, including during outbreaks; special considerations for certain groups of people; and recommendations for medical and psychosocial supportive care.

"Botulism," a CDC-sponsored supplement to Clinical Infectious Diseases

The supplement includes six systematic reviews and other articles that provided the evidence base for the clinical guidelines. Contents include reviews and articles on clinical presentation, antitoxin, outbreaks, and more.

Publications

List of Botulism publications