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Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa1, Maria Laura Stella1, Sara Astegiano2
1Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin; Infectious Diseases, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Le Infezioni in Medicina
|September 24, 2015
Abstract:
Seventeen days after a traumatic open fracture, a Clostridium botulinum wound infection was diagnosed, with self-limiting symptoms. This is the first report of wound botulism in Italy and the authors discuss the possible role of aerosolized contamination of the wound prior to hospital admission.