By Ethan Covey
An outbreak of wound botulism among people who inject drugs in Texas is the first in the state and the second-largest in the country.
The cases were identified in December and January 2020 (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2022;71:556-557).
In total, seven people were identified in the outbreak, all of whom admitted having injected drugs. Of these, five received negative test results but were classified as having wound botulism for surveillance purposes. All seven patients were treated