Botulism -- United States
A 26-year-old Bernalillo County [New Mexico] woman has been hospitalized with wound botulism she acquired while injecting heroin, health officials said. The woman contracted the bacterial disease from contaminated heroin or injection devices, or from the skin at the injection site, New Mexico Department of Health officials said. Up to 3 previous cases of wound botulism in New Mexico in 2016 affected 2 residents of Rio Arriba County and 1 in Santa Fe County.
Botulism is a rare, but
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