Study examines recurrent wound botulism in injection drug users
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Botulism is a rare disease and recurrent botulism even more rare. However, in California, recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users has been on the rise and makes up three-quarters of reported cases in the United States. A new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and currently available online examines this problem.