Wound Botulism Among Persons Who Inject Black Tar Heroin in New Mexico, 2016 [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Outbreaks of wound botulism are rare, but clinicians and health departments should maintain suspicion for signs, symptoms, and risk factors of wound botulism among persons who inject drugs in order to initiate treatment quickly.
Nicole Middaugh +4 more
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Wound Botulism in Black Tar Heroin Injecting Users: A Case Series [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2021 The incidence of wound botulism in injection drug users has increased since the introduction of black tar heroin. Many species of the Clostridium genus, most commonly Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium baratii , and Clostridium butyricum , have been ...
Roopam Jariwal +2 more
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Wound Botulism Caused by Clostridium subterminale After a Heroin Injection [PDF]
Infectious Disease Reports, 2018 Botulism is caused by toxin production from many species of Clostridium, most commonly Clostridium botulinum as well as C. baratii and C. butyricum. Development of wound botulism is associated with injection drug users but has also been described in ...
Dan Quan, Aimee Mishler
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Dysphagia Alone as a Unique Presentation of Wound Botulism in the Emergency Department: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2020 Introduction: Wound botulism is a rare and potentially fatal infectious disease, often seen in patients who abuse injection drugs. It classically presents with dysfunction of bilateral cranial nerves followed by proximal and distal motor weakness, which ...
Ryan H. Wyatt +2 more
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Clostridium botulinum Type B Isolated From a Wound Botulism Case Due to Injection Drug Use Resembles Other Local Strains Originating From Hawaii [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Clostridium botulinum produces botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), which can lead to death if untreated. In the United States, over 90% of wound botulism cases are associated with injection drug use of black tar heroin.
Jessica L. Halpin +4 more
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Diversity of the Genomes and Neurotoxins of Strains of Clostridium botulinum Group I and Clostridium sporogenes Associated with Foodborne, Infant and Wound Botulism [PDF]
Toxins, 2020 Clostridium botulinum Group I and Clostridium sporogenes are closely related bacteria responsible for foodborne, infant and wound botulism. A comparative genomic study with 556 highly diverse strains of C. botulinum Group I and C.
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Wound Botulism Caused by Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in a Chronic Parenteral Drug Abuser [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurology, 2020 Botulism is an acute paralytic disease caused by botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT)-mediated inhibition of neurosignaling at the neuromuscular junction. BoNTs are produced by gram positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria from the genus Clostridium,most ...
Sohun Awsare +2 more
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Early diagnosis and critical management of wound botulism in the emergency department: a single center experience and literature review [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background Clostridium botulinum remains a major threat to a select population of subcutaneous and intramuscular drug users. We conducted a retrospective study of patients who were diagnosed with wound botulism and their clinical presentations to the ...
Michael M. Neeki +9 more
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Effective and rapid treatment of wound botulism, a case report [PDF]
BMC Surgery, 2017 Background The latest news shows several cases of contaminated heroin that is found in different parts all over Europe. This information can be helpful for the emergency doctors to find the correct diagnosis of wound botulism in patients who are ...
M. Schulte +3 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Botulism is a form of paralysis caused by a neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is well known that natural honey contains Clostridium botulinum spores; controversy arises when a honey-related product is being used for wound ...
Mohd Islahuddin Mohd Tamrin
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