Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Wound Botulism in Injection Drug Users

Wiltrud Maria Kalka-Moll*

, Ute Aurbach*, Reiner Schaumann†, Rosemarie Schwarz‡, and Harald Seifert*

Author affiliations: *University of Cologne Medical Center, Cologne, Germany; †University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; ‡Municipal Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;

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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.

Figure. 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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