Botulism -- United States
A "flesh-eating" bacterium linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least 7 San Diego County residents who injected the drug since early October 2019, county health officials said [Wed 4 Dec 2019]. Between [2 Oct and 24 Nov 2019], 9 people who injected black tar heroin were hospitalized with severe myonecrosis, a soft-tissue infection that destroys muscle, health officials said. The patients ranged from 19 to 57 years old; of the 7 who died, 5 were men.
County health officials
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6824570&promed&0
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