Successful treatment of a patient with severe botulism

Abstract

V., 36 years old, was admitted to the 1st infectious diseases hospital in Kazan on 30 / X 1978, on the 5th day of illness, with complaints of muscle weakness, decreased vision, diplopia, anorexia. The patient is conscious, a state of moderate severity, temperature 37 ° C. There is no rash on the skin. The right pupil is wider than the left one, ptosis of the left eyelid, muscle tone is reduced, but reflexes are uniform on both sides. There is no sensory disturbance. Vesicular breathing, 28 per minute, somewhat weakened, no wheezing. Heart sounds are clear, no noise.

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