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Table 1 Selected periods of Cases 1 and 2 in the disease course

From: Foodborne botulism due to ingestion of home-canned green beans: two case reports

 

Ingestion of toxin to symptom onset, hours

Symptom onset to resp. failure, hours

Ingestion of toxin to resp. failure, hours

Duration of intubation, days

Patient 1 (female, age 47 years)

30

36

66

~165

Patient 2 (male, age 51 years)

48

82

130

~135

  1. resp. respiratory