ATYPICAL COURSE OF BOTULISM IN THE ELDERLY
Despite a well-defined clinical picture, botulism is one of the diseases in which there is a significant number of diagnostic errors, that may be explained by its rarity and lack of knowledge of doctors of various specialties. The presence of symptoms common to many non-communicable diseases usually causes patients to refer to doctors of various specialties (neurologists, ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists, therapists, and others.), who very rarely make a correct primary diagnosis. That may be connected both with the features of the disease (including atypical) and the age of patients usually having an associated therapeutic and/or neurological history, to which many important diagnostic symptoms and syndromes are written off.
Gubarev YuD, Scheblykina OV, Avdeeva IV. Atypical course of botulism in the elderly. Research Result. Medicine and Pharmacy. 2016;2(3):18-22 (In Russian). DOI: 10.18413/2313-8955-2016-2-3-18-22
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