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bacteria, botulism, rare but serious illness, bacterium clostridium botulinum, bacterium, enter the body, wounds, live in improperly canned, preserved food, clostridium is found in soil, untreated water throughout the world, produces spores that survive in improperly preserved, canned food, where they produce toxin, eaten, minute amounts of this toxin, lead to severe poisoning, foods most commonly contaminated, home-canned vegetables, cured pork, ham, smoked, raw fish, honey, corn syrup, botulism, occur organism enters open wounds, produces toxin, infant botulism, special type, living bacteria, its spores, ingested, grow, the infant's gastrointestinal tract, most common cause of infant botulism is ingestion of honey, corn syrup, clostridium also occurs, in the stool of some infants, 110 cases of botulism occur, per year, majority, in infants, respiratory failure, weakness, in the muscles that control breathing, cause death, 7% of food-related illness, difficulty swallowing, speaking, progressive weakness, paralysis, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, dry mouth, double vision, breathing difficulty, lead to respiratory failure, breathing, absent temporarily, no fever, in infants, constipation, weakness, loss of muscle tone, weak cry, poor feeding, weak sucking, respiratory distress, appears alert but weak, appear between 8 to 36 hours after consuming contaminated food, speech impairment, muscle function/feeling loss, eyelid drooping, absent, decreased gag reflex, absent, decreased deep tendon reflexes, paralyzed bowel, severe constipation, urine retained in bladder, inability to urinate, blood test to identify toxin, laboratory analysis of suspected food, stool culture, emergency hospitalization is recommended in cases of respiratory trouble, goal of treatment, establish a clear airway, aid breathing, give botulinus anti-toxin, provide supportive therapy, breathing difficulty develops, intubation, a tube inserted, the nose, mouth, trachea, an airway, oxygen, mechanical ventilation, intravenous fluids, given swallowing difficulties persist, a feeding tube inserted, in the nose, occurrences, reported to state health authorities, cdc, centers, disease control, prevention, by health care providers so that contaminated food, removed from stores, antibiotics, shown to always be beneficial, prompt treatment significantly reduces the risk of death, aspiration pneumonia, infection, respiratory distress, long-lasting weakness, nervous system dysfunction, up to one year, botulism food poisoning is suspected, not give honey, corn syrup to infants who, younger than 1 year old, not just a little taste on a pacifier, always discard bulging cans, off-smelling preserved foods, sterilize home canned foods by pressure cooking at 250 degrees fahrenheit, 30 minutes, not "taste test", keep foil-wrapped baked potatoes hot, refrigerator, not out in room temperature, breast-feeding, prevent infant botulism.