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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1984;27(12):1223-1226. Published online December 31, 1984.

A Case of Clinical Botulism.

Yuoug Suk Ko¹, Jung Hee Lee¹, Seung Joo Lee¹, Keun Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

A 5-year-old girl was admi竹ed to the department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University Hospital on October 21th, 1983 with weakness and lethargy of 5 days duration. Her younger brother expired on the same day aftsr 1 day illness of the same symptoms, and there was a other children who died following similar clinical course in the same area. Even though the diagnosis of botulism could not be confirmed due to lack of the labora- tory facilities available in Korea, the clinical course as well as the electrophysiologic findi- ngs were consistent with botulism. The case was presented with the review of pertinent literature, and this is believed to the first case of the botulism diagnosed in Korea.

Keywords :Botulism.