Thursday, 3 January 2019

PRO/EDR> Botulism - USA: (CA) wound, injection drug related

Botulism -- United States
Peak CM, Rosen H, Kamali A, et al.
During 29 Sep-6 Oct 2017, the County of San Diego Public Health Services (COSD) was notified of 2 patients with suspected wound botulism and a history of using black tar heroin. On 9 Oct 2017, COSD, which had reported an average of one wound botulism case per year during 2001-2016, sent a health alert through the California Health Alert Network, notifying Southern California providers of these 2 patients, including their signs and symptoms and black tar

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6241364&promed&0

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