Wound botulism in injection drug users [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 942-943

  Kalka Moll, Wiltrud Maria ^a   Aurbach, Ute ^a   Schaumann, Reiner ^b   Schwarz, Rosemarie ^c   Seifert, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINITRO ORTHO CRESOL;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE ABSCESS; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN DEFECT; WOUND;

EID: 34250006172     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1306.061336     Document Type: Letter

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