Guidance
Botulism: clinical and public health management
Information for healthcare professionals on the diagnosis and treatment of infant botulism, foodborne botulism and wound botulism.
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This guidance includes information on:
- clinical features
- clinical management
- laboratory diagnosis
- risk factors
Updates to this page
Published 19 July 2012
Last updated 17 July 2025
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Addition of Iatrogenic botulism guidance.
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Rebranded page to UKHSA. No change to content.
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Updated information on wound botulism cases associated with injecting drug use in section 3 and 3.4.
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First published.