Botulism -- United Kingdom
Scotland health officials have received at least 4 notifications of wound botulism cases (3 confirmed and one probable) since February 2019. The source of the infection is believed to be heroin contaminated with _Clostridium botulinum_ spores.
The 1st case, in NHS Fife, presented in early February 2019 and has been confirmed microbiologically. Two further cases presented in mid-late March 2019 in NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC), respectively, and have also been
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6436749&promed&0
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