Notes from the Field: Botulism Type B After Intravenous Methamphetamine Use - New Jersey, 2020.

Autor: Waltenburg, Michelle A., Larson, Valerie A., Naor, Elinor H., Webster, Timothy G., Dykes, Janet, Foltz, Victoria, Edmunds, Seth, Thomas, Deepam, Kim, Joseph, Edwards, Leslie
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Zdroj: MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report; 10/2/2020, Vol. 69 Issue 39, p1425-1426, 2p, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: The article discusses white man aged 41 years arrived at an emergency department in New Jersey with a 2-day history of new onset blurred vision, double vision, ptosis, and difficulty swallowing. Topics include injection drug use has the leading cause of wound botulism in the United States; and skin and scalp examinations revealed peripheral phlebitis and sites of induration.
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