Elston H R, Wang M, Loo L K
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, Loma Linda, California 92357.
J Clin Microbiol. 1991 Nov;29(11):2678-9. doi: 10.1128/jcm.29.11.2678-2679.1991.
Wound botulism is an uncommon disorder that continues to be rarely reported in the United States. A 34-year-old intravenous heroin user was admitted to the Loma Linda, Calif., Veterans Administration hospital with multiple abscesses on his forearms. His clinical course was compatible with botulism, and his culture and serum were positive for Clostridium botulinum toxin type A. Early culture and/or serum identification can lead to prompt diagnosis, treatment, and improvement in the morbidity and mortality rates of this disease.
创伤性肉毒中毒是一种罕见的疾病,在美国报告的病例仍然很少。一名34岁的静脉注射海洛因使用者因前臂多处脓肿入住加利福尼亚州洛马林达的退伍军人管理局医院。他的临床病程符合肉毒中毒,其培养物和血清检测出A型肉毒杆菌毒素呈阳性。早期培养和/或血清鉴定可促使对该病进行及时诊断、治疗,并提高其发病率和死亡率的改善情况。