A young father observed his infant daughter became lethargic and experience trouble feeding. He became alarmed as the infant became "floppy" and took his daughter to the clinic. Upon questioning, it was revealed that the infant had been fussy and had been given a pacifier coated with honey. The clinician in charge immediately ordered an antitoxin as the infant took a turn for the worse and had to be placed on a ventilator. Stool samples revealed a Gram-positive, rod, spore-forming bacterium. Which microbe do you think the infant was diagnosed and treated for?

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glybitengo glybitengo · Answer 1 · 2020-02-04T16:02:10+01:00

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Clostridium botulinum

Explanation:

Clostridium botulinum is a gram positive,rod shape, spore forming bacterium.

It causes a disease called Botulism and spores of C. botulinum can be found in honey and it releases toxins.

Symptoms in babies include poor feeding, appear lethargic, have a weak cry and poor muscle tone(floppy)

Since infants have an immature systems it can not prevent the spores from releasing toxins.

Treatment is administering an antitoxin

The baby had to be put to a ventilator to help her breath due to paralysis of the mucles because the disease had advanced to severe levels.