Wound Botulism Associated With Black Tar Heroin Among Injecting Drug Users
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- 18 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 279 (11), 859-863
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.279.11.859
Abstract
AN ESTIMATED 80000 Americans, including 18000 Californians, inject illicit drugs.1 Compared with the general population, injecting drug users (IDUs) are at increased risk for disease and death2-6 and use a disproportionate amount of medical resources.7,8 Soft tissue infections are a particular problem.9-11Keywords
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- Medical complications of intravenous drug useJournal of General Internal Medicine, 1990