Botulism during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The importance of differential diagnoses

Abstract

Botulism is a neuroparalytic syndrome caused by a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum . We describe a patient with neurological symptoms associated with intoxication by Clostridium botulinum and infection by SARSCoV2. This report underlines that it is mandatory, even in case of SARS-CoV-2 positivity, to investigate all the causes of a clinical pattern.