Clostridium botulinum – like organism bacteremia in a user of black tar heroin

Wound botulism due to introduction of the anaerobic bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, into otherwise sterile, relatively anaerobic tissue is a known complication of black tar heroin use. The treatment of wound botulism requires prompt initiation of antitoxin as well as antimicrobial therapy. We repor...

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Autores principales: Battiola, Therese, Saad, Kristen, Nelson, Taylor, Tinker, Nick, Crosby, Aaron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01222
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author Battiola, Therese
Saad, Kristen
Nelson, Taylor
Tinker, Nick
Crosby, Aaron
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description Wound botulism due to introduction of the anaerobic bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, into otherwise sterile, relatively anaerobic tissue is a known complication of black tar heroin use. The treatment of wound botulism requires prompt initiation of antitoxin as well as antimicrobial therapy. We report the case of a patient with polymicrobial bacteremia that included a Clostridium botulinum-like organism who underwent successful treatment of their anaerobic infection with antibiotics and surgical debridement.
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spelling pubmed-82829462021-07-21 Clostridium botulinum – like organism bacteremia in a user of black tar heroin Battiola, Therese Saad, Kristen Nelson, Taylor Tinker, Nick Crosby, Aaron IDCases Case Report Wound botulism due to introduction of the anaerobic bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, into otherwise sterile, relatively anaerobic tissue is a known complication of black tar heroin use. The treatment of wound botulism requires prompt initiation of antitoxin as well as antimicrobial therapy. We report the case of a patient with polymicrobial bacteremia that included a Clostridium botulinum-like organism who underwent successful treatment of their anaerobic infection with antibiotics and surgical debridement. Elsevier 2021-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8282946/ /pubmed/34295646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01222 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Clostridium botulinum – like organism bacteremia in a user of black tar heroin
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title_fullStr Clostridium botulinum – like organism bacteremia in a user of black tar heroin
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title_short Clostridium botulinum – like organism bacteremia in a user of black tar heroin
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01222
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