Four months old baby boy with descending paralysis

Abstract EN

Food-borne infantile botulism is associated with symptoms of cranial nerve palsies and descending paralysis in infants especially in the first six months of age.

We report a four months old boy, who presented to our clinic with history of reduced activity, poor feeding and constipation.

The serological and microbiological tests were negative for botulinum toxin but the neurophysiological study was highly suggestive of infantile botulism.

The clinical condition showed gradual improvement with supportive therapy.