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drms
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06/24/08 - 01:05 PM

please answer if u r sure
in infant botulism treatment:
should u give human derived botulium antitoxin or not
thanks

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06/24/08 - 01:51 PM

Human derived botulinum antitoxin should be administered as early as possible.
But equine edrived botulinum antitoxin is no longer recommended.

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06/24/08 - 03:00 PM

Thanks Egyusmler smiling face

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06/24/08 - 03:27 PM

drms wrote:
please answer if u r sure
in infant botulism treatment:
should u give human derived botulium antitoxin or not
thanks

sorry for ignogance, but is there such entity as Human derived botulinum antitoxin?
I know horse derived antitoxin 3-valent and horse derived purified-almost recombinant 6-valent
Also there is a human botulism immune globulin (BabyBIG),

Please clarify

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06/24/08 - 04:33 PM

I think both terms are used as synonims, check it out:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1SFS/is_1_...

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07/27/08 - 11:01 PM

for infant botulism,administer Human drived anti toxin

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