Wound botulism in injection drug users

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jun;13(6):942-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1306.061336.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Botulinum Antitoxin / therapeutic use
  • Botulism / drug therapy
  • Botulism / etiology*
  • Clostridium botulinum / classification
  • Clostridium botulinum / genetics*
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Drug Contamination
  • Female
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Heroin Dependence
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / microbiology*
  • Wound Infection / microbiology*

Substances

  • Botulinum Antitoxin