Botulism -- United States
A death and 6 cases in only one month has San Diego County's public health department sounding an ever-louder alarm about wound botulism among the region's black tar heroin users.
According to the latest update from the county Health and Human Services Agency, released Friday afternoon, 20 Apr 2018, a 67-year-old man died recently despite being treated with antitoxin after he was hospitalized with botulism symptoms, which can range from double vision and slurred speech to drooping eyelids
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5761852&promed&0
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