Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Botulism – USA (04): (CA) wound, injection drug-related, fatal

PRO/EDR> Botulism – USA (04): (CA) wound, injection drug-related, fatal

Botulism -- United StatesA death and 6 cases in only one month has San Diego County's public health department sounding an ever-louder alarm about wound botulism among the region's black tar heroin users.According to the latest update from the county Health and Human Services Agency, released Friday afternoon, 20 Apr 2018, a 67-year-old man died recently despite being treated with antitoxin after he was hospitalized with botulism symptoms, which can range from double vision and slurred speech to Read more [...]