by lecturer of forensic medicine & clinical toxicology definition food poisoning is acute illness...
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Definition Is a disease caused by botulinum toxin, which produces life threatening muscle paralysis. Clostridium botulinium is spore-forming, anaerobic, gram positive bacillus. Clostridium botulinium is spore-forming, anaerobic, gram positive bacillus. The spores contain one of eight strains of potent neurotoxin A, B, C-α, C- β, E, D,F and G. The spores contain one of eight strains of potent neurotoxin A, B, C-α, C- β, E, D, F and G. Incubation period I. P. in food borne botulism is 18 – 36 hs. I. P. in wound botulism is 4 – 14 days. Mechanism of action Types: F F F Food borne botulism: in which toxin is formed before consumption. I I I Infant botulism: is produced by organism in immature GIT. W W W Wound botulism: due to traumatic wounds which is contaminated from soil.