Botulism Cases Tied to Heroin 'Skin Popping'

By Medpage Today
| April 27, 2017

Wound botulism tied to subcutaneous injection of "black tar" heroin -- first reported 20 years ago -- appears to be problem that won't go away, with another case series described here.

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