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There are 3 naturally occurring forms of human botulism, characterized by mode of acquisition: infant botulism (intestinal toxemia), foodborne botulism , and wound botulism . Infant botulism is the most common form in the United States. Under rare circumstances of…
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Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was first identified as Corynebacterium haemolyticum in 1946 in pharyngeal cultures of World War II soldiers and Pacific Islanders with pharyngitis that was indistinguishable clinically from infection caused by group A Streptococcus . Epidemiology Humans are the primary…