Named after the food it often contaminated, it is the reason infants should not be fed honey.
This organism comes in varieties A through G, and often first affects the cranial nerves before leading to respiratory failure. It blocks acetylcholine (uh-see-tul-KOH-leen), paralyzing muscles, often first hitting those in the eyelid. Named after the food it often contaminated, it is the reason infants should not be fed honey. In 1980, its first clinical use was for strabismus, though it has more recently found wider use in cosmetic surgery. The most lethal neurotoxin known to man, with an LD-50 around one microgram, name this bacterial toxin found in poorly-stored food.
This organism comes in varieties A through G, and often first affects the cranial nerves before leading to respiratory failure.
{Clostridium botulinum} [accept {botulism}; prompt on {Botox}]