Botulism Sequelae: A Systematic Review
This systematic review highlights significant long-term sequelae among botulism survivors, particularly fatigue, respiratory impairment, and psychosocial dysfunction. While recovery trajectories suggest improvement over time, persistent symptoms may impact quality of life. Standardized outcome measures and longitudinal studies are needed to elucidate the burden of post-botulism sequelae further and inform clinical management strategies.
Authors
- Luis Felipe Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-6539)
- Svetlana Gadetskaya
- Timothy R. Nicholson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2350-2332)
- Veronika V. Rogozhina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9229-8745)
- Margarita Andreeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1999-9016)
- A. Guekht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5667-9617)
- Danilo Buonsenso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8567-2639)
- Ekaterina Pazukhina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9379-0475)
- A. I. Asmanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3116-6447)
- Daniel Munblit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9652-6856)
- Armen K. Shakaryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3417-3631)
- Dmitry Tumurov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-6209)
- A. В. Eremeeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2892-4665)
- Mark G. Kosenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2467-466X)
- Ekaterina Ligskaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1262-8518)
- Tamerlan Erdniev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4253-1646)
- Maria Pyatnitskaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0180-1167)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Universidad de La Sabana (CO)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Sechenov University (RU)
- King's College London (GB)
- Florence Nightingale Foundation (GB)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RU)
- Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry (RU)
- Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides (RU)
- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf773
- Primary Topic
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00