Wound Botulism Among Persons Who Inject Black Tar Heroin in New Mexico, 2016

Outbreaks of wound botulism are rare, but clinicians and health departments should maintain suspicion for signs, symptoms, and risk factors of wound botulism among persons who inject drugs in order to initiate treatment quickly. This report describes an outbreak of three wound botulism cases among p...

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Main Authors: Nicole Middaugh, Leslie Edwards, Kevin Chatham-Stephens, D. Fermin Arguello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.744179/full