Wound botulism in a heroin addict;Sårbotulisme ved heroinmisbruk

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 4357-4359

  Holmaas, Gunhild ^a   Gilhus, Nils Erik ^a   Gjerde, Ivar Otto ^a   Lund Tønnessen, Stein ^a   Langørgen, Jørund ^b  

^a Anestesi/intensivavdelingen ^*  (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BOTULISM; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032553167     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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