Open AccessWound botulism: increase in cases in injecting drug users, United Kingdom, 2004
Author(s) -
V Hope,
Fortune Ncube,
James L. Dennis,
Jim McLauchlin
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.39.02555-en
Subject(s) - botulism , medicine , drug , agency (philosophy) , health protection , surgery , environmental health , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , sociology , social science
Twenty seven suspected cases of wound botulism in injecting drug users were reported to the Health Protection Agency (England and Wales) between 1 January and 25 August 2004.