Article: Wound botulism in injection drug users.(Letter to the editor)(Clinical report)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......complications in injection drug users (IDUs). Wound botulism is primarily caused by Clostridium...in human disease. During the 1990s, wound botulism cases among IDUs increased in the United...of black-tar heroin (3). Since 2000, wound botulism cases in IDUs have been reported in...

Article: Wound botulism - California, 1995.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  December 8, 1995 ;     700+ words ......of 19 laboratory-confirmed cases of wound botulism were reported to the California Department...since August. Since 1990, the number of wound botulism cases reported annually in California...ventilation. On October 5, the diagnosis of wound botulism was considered, and CDHS was ...

Article: Wound botulism among black tar heroin users--Washington, 2003.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  September 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ......investigation of these cases, which implicated wound botulism (WB) as the cause of illness. Of the...outcome in black tar heroin-associated wound botulism. Chest 2001;120:562-6. (2.) CDC. Wound botulism--California, 1995. MMWR 1995;44:889-...

Article: Tetanus among injecting-drug users - California, 1997.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  March 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ......associated with a recent increase of wound botulism caused by infection with C. botulinum (5). The annual number of wound botulism cases reported in California...and the flaccid paralysis of wound botulism are caused by ubiquitous anaerobic...

Article: Botulism from drinking pruno.(Clinical report)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......caused by intestinal colonization with C. botulinum and wound botulism caused by wound contamination with C. botulinum. In each...from in situ production of botulinum toxin. In California, wound botulism caused by injection drug use has increased since 1994 (1...

Article: Botulism
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ......types hinges on the route of exposure to the toxin. Food-borne botulism accounts for 25 percent of all botulism cases and can...percent of all cases, far exceeding both food-borne and wound botulism. Food-borne botulism accounts for 25 percent of all cases, primarily ...

Article: Botulism toxin: a poison that can heal.
FDA Consumer;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......Rarely, adults can acquire the disease this way. In wound botulism, which is very rare, the toxin is produced by C...Home Canning One of the most common culprits in food-borne botulism is home-canned food, especially vegetables

Article: Botulism linked to cocaine use.
Nutrition Health Review;  June 22, 1989 ;     229 words ......was noted that the patient's history of cocaine use was consistent with the four to 14 days incubation period of standard wound botulism. Botulism is caused by bacteria that poison the neuromuscular system. Symptoms include double vision, headache, difficulty...

Article: Drug abusers prone to bacterial infections.(Of Note)
Addiction Professional;  March 1, 2006 ;     204 words ......Among the various infections that may develop from drug abuse are infective endocarditis, which can damage heart valves; pulmonary tuberculosis; and wound botulism that if untreated can cause paralysis and lead to death from respiratory failure.