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Case Reports
. 2007 Jun;13(6):942-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1306.061336.

Wound botulism in injection drug users

Wiltrud Maria Kalka-Moll, Ute Aurbach, Reiner Schaumann, Rosemarie Schwarz, Harald Seifert
Case Reports

Wound botulism in injection drug users

Wiltrud Maria Kalka-Moll et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jun.
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Fingerprint patterns obtained for Clostridium botulinum isolates following pulsed-field gel electrophoresis after SmaI restriction show identical strains. Lane 1, 100-bp ladder; lanes 2–4, abscess fluid isolates from patients 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
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