Botulism — United States
Three recent wound botulism cases are linked to black tar heroin use, according to an alert issued Tue 10 Apr 2018 by the county Health and Human Services Agency.
In the past month, public health investigators have confirmed 2 cases and are in the process of confirming a 3rd among men aged 28, 42 and 67. Though the trio did not appear to know each other, each used black tar heroin.
They were hospitalized after experiencing a range of symptoms including double vision, drooping eyelids,
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