Via ProMED-mail: four Florida residents have been hospitalized with suspected botulism. Health officials suspect that one of the victims administered a Botox knock-off to himself and the others as an anti-wrinkle treatment. See the full story from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Botulism is normally caused by toxins produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum.
Saturday, December 04, 2004
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