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Classification

There are three main kinds of botulism:

  • Foodborne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulinum toxin.
  • Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a wound infected with Clostridium botulinum. This is the rarest type of botulism.
  • Infant botulism is caused by consuming the spores of the botulinum bacteria, which then grow in the intestines and release toxin.

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