By: T. Claire Frances
Date: July 10, 2014
Instructor: Linda Maywood, MSN, CPNP
Course Title: HIT 102 Pharmacology of Allied Health Professions
BOTOX, Dysport, Xeomin (onabotulinumtoxinA, BTX-A); BTX-B (Myobloc), BTX, BoNT, BTX A-G, C. Botulinum, botulinum toxin; and since 2013, BTX-H; These are all terms synonymous or derived from the most dangerous toxin known to humankind, Botulism. Botulism is the term used most often to describe the serotypes derived from Clostridium botulinum. C. botulinum it 's purported, was first isolated as a bacterium by Belgium bacteriologist Emile Pierre van Ermengem in 1897. Botulism (Latin, botulus, meaning "sausage") was prior to coined by poet and physician …show more content…
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