Editing Botulism (section)

=== Complications ===
Infant botulism has no long-term side effects.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Botulism can result in death due to [[respiration (physiology)|respiratory]] failure. However, in the past 50 years, the proportion of patients with botulism who die has fallen from about 50% to 7% due to improved supportive care. A patient with severe botulism may require [[mechanical ventilation]] (breathing support through a ventilator) as well as intensive medical and nursing care, sometimes for several months. The person may require rehabilitation therapy after leaving the hospital.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/diseases/clostridium-perfringens.html|title=Prevent Illness From ''C. perfringens'' |access-date=14 June 2016 |publisher=U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616152125/http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/diseases/clostridium-perfringens.html |archive-date=16 June 2016 }}</ref>