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Acquired Presynaptic Neuromuscular Junction Disorders: Infant Botulism and Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
Infant Botulism Botulism is derived from the Latin botulus , for sausage. Van Ermengem in 1897 isolated the spore-forming anaerobe Bacillus botulinum from the spleen of a victim and the contaminated ham involved. This toxigenic form of botulism is the…