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Foodborne botulism outbreak with potential new management options

Ali H. Altalag, Mohammed A. Badawee, Sahar A. Hassan, Nahla A. Habiballa, Naif M. Alotaibi, Ehab A. Ahmed, Mohammed N. Aljuaid, Muhammad A. Almalki, Ahmed A. Alahmari and Adulrahman A. Alshehri
Saudi Medical Journal June 2024, 45 (6) 626-632; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.6.20240419
Ali H. Altalag
From the Intensive Care Services (Altalag, Badawee, Hassan, Alotaibi, Ahmed, Aljuaid, Almalki, Alahmari, Alshehri); and from the Department of Infection Control (Habiballa), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Badawee
From the Intensive Care Services (Altalag, Badawee, Hassan, Alotaibi, Ahmed, Aljuaid, Almalki, Alahmari, Alshehri); and from the Department of Infection Control (Habiballa), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sahar A. Hassan
From the Intensive Care Services (Altalag, Badawee, Hassan, Alotaibi, Ahmed, Aljuaid, Almalki, Alahmari, Alshehri); and from the Department of Infection Control (Habiballa), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nahla A. Habiballa
From the Intensive Care Services (Altalag, Badawee, Hassan, Alotaibi, Ahmed, Aljuaid, Almalki, Alahmari, Alshehri); and from the Department of Infection Control (Habiballa), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Naif M. Alotaibi
From the Intensive Care Services (Altalag, Badawee, Hassan, Alotaibi, Ahmed, Aljuaid, Almalki, Alahmari, Alshehri); and from the Department of Infection Control (Habiballa), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ehab A. Ahmed
From the Intensive Care Services (Altalag, Badawee, Hassan, Alotaibi, Ahmed, Aljuaid, Almalki, Alahmari, Alshehri); and from the Department of Infection Control (Habiballa), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed N. Aljuaid
From the Intensive Care Services (Altalag, Badawee, Hassan, Alotaibi, Ahmed, Aljuaid, Almalki, Alahmari, Alshehri); and from the Department of Infection Control (Habiballa), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muhammad A. Almalki
From the Intensive Care Services (Altalag, Badawee, Hassan, Alotaibi, Ahmed, Aljuaid, Almalki, Alahmari, Alshehri); and from the Department of Infection Control (Habiballa), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD
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Ahmed A. Alahmari
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Adulrahman A. Alshehri
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