Infant botulism

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Infant intestines

Overview

Symptoms

Treatment

Prevention

Infant botulism

Prevention:

Theoretically, the disease might be avoided by preventing exposure to spores. Since honey and corn syrup are sources of Clostridium spores, they should not be fed to infants under 12 months of age.

Although breast-feeding appears to be a risk factor for infantile botulism, the overall risk is very low -- for that reason, the benefits of breast-feeding still greatly outweigh the risks in nearly all cases.

Review Date: 7/20/2004
Reviewed By: Anuradha Banerjee, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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