This is all correct!! Infants who are breastfed tend to be older at symptom onset than formula-fed patients too and this is also thought to be ag least partially because of helpful bacteria from breast milk, helping to slow colonization by c. botulinum.
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This is all correct!! Infants who are breastfed tend to be older at symptom onset than formula-fed patients too and this is also thought to be ag least partially because of helpful bacteria from breast milk, helping to slow colonization by c. botulinum.