Wound botulism in California, 1951-1998: recent epidemic in heroin injectors
Werner SB;Passaro D;McGee J;Schechter R;Vugia DJ;;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2000Vol. 31pp. -
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sb2000clinicalwound
Abstract
California has reported most of the world's wound botulism (WB) cases and nearly three-fourths of the cases reported in the United States. We reviewed the clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory features of WB. From the first case in 1951, through 1998, a total of 127 cases were identified-93 in the …