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  1. Toxic hepatitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    This means that toxins and their byproducts stay in your body longer. Drinking alcohol. Drinking alcohol while taking medications or certain herbal supplements ...

  2. Botulism - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    ... toxin that attacks the body's nerves. Botulism may cause life-threatening symptoms. A type of bacteria called Clostridium botulinum produces the toxin.

  3. Botox injections - Mayo Clinic

    But the forms of purified botulinum toxin used by licensed health care providers meet medical control standards. These standards were approved by the U.S. Food ...

  4. Toxic shock syndrome - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Often toxic shock syndrome results from toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria, but the condition may also be caused by toxins produced by ...

  5. Botulism is caused by bacteria toxins - Mayo Clinic News Network

    When Clostridium botulinum bacteria get into a wound — possibly caused by an injury you might not notice — they can multiply and produce toxin. Wound botulism ...

  6. Diphtheria - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Diphtheria-causing bacteria may produce a toxin. This toxin damages tissue in the immediate area of infection — usually, the nose and throat. At that site ...

  7. C. difficile infection - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    These toxins destroy cells and cause watery diarrhea. Outside the colon, the bacteria aren't active. They can live for a long time in places such as: Human or ...

  8. Science Saturday: Time tempers anthracyclines into a toxin or treatment for cancer - Mayo Clinic News Network

    D., and Joerg Herrmann, M.D.. Treatment to Toxin Xiaolei Xu, Ph.D., who directs the Zebrafish Genetics Laboratory at Mayo Clinic and specializes in studying ...

  9. Botulism - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    If you have wound botulism, a provider may need to remove infected tissue in a surgery. Symptoms related to injections of botulinum toxin for cosmetic or ...

  10. Onabotulinumtoxina (Injection Route, Intradermal Route, Intramuscular Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    OnabotulinumtoxinA is a botulinum toxin A product. It works on the nervous system to relax the muscles. OnabotulinumtoxinA is injected into the affected ...