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Title
Clostridium novyi causing necrotising fasciitis in an injecting drug user.
Authors
Noone, M; Tabaqchali, M; Spillane, J B
Abstract
Necrotising fasciitis with pronounced local oedema is described in an injecting drug user. Clostridium novyi was an unexpected single pathogen isolated from infected tissue. The patient was among a cluster of cases, all injecting drug users, presenting with toxaemia and soft tissue infection. The causal role and pathogenicity of C novyi is discussed.
Publication
Journal of clinical pathology, 2002, Vol 55, Issue 2, p141