Cranial Nerve Palsy Secondary to Botulism After Black Tar Heroin Use

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM

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Hiroshi T. Suzuki¹  Hari Reddy² 

[1] From the University of California, Department of Family Medicine, University of California;St. Bernardine Medical Center

关键词: Botulism;    Case Report;    Community Medicine;    Critical Care;    Family Medicine;    Heroin Addiction;    Infectious Diseases;    Narcotics;    Neurology;    Opiates;    Population Health;    Primary Health Care;   

DOI  :  10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.200644

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: The American Board of Family Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: Wound botulism (WB) is an uncommon but severe neuromuscular illness caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum in an infected wound. There has been a dramatic increase in WB associated with black tar heroin injection in California.

【 授权许可】

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