Rapid geographical clustering of wound botulism in germany after subcutaneous and intramuscular injection of heroin

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-34

  Galldiks, Norbert ^a   Nolden Hoverath, Silke ^a   Kosinski, Christoph M ^b   Stegelmeyer, Ulrike ^b   Schmidt, Sylvia ^c   Dohmen, Christian ^a   Kuhn, Jens ^a   Gerbershagen, Kathrin ^d   Bewermeyer, Heiko ^d   Walger, Peter ^e   Biniek, Rolf ^c   Neveling, Michael ^a   Jacobs, Andreas H ^a   Haupt, Walter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c Rheinische Kliniken Bonn   (Germany)

^d Kliniken der Stadt Koln   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulbar symptoms; Geographical clustering; Respiratory failure; Skin popping; Wound botulism

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BOTULISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MUSCLE; MYDRIASIS; NECK; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TRUNK; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INPATIENTS; MALE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947276201     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:6:1:30     Document Type: Article

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