@article {Noone141, author = {M Noone and M Tabaqchali and J B Spillane}, title = {Clostridium novyi causing necrotising fasciitis in an injecting drug user}, volume = {55}, number = {2}, pages = {141--142}, year = {2002}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group}, 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.}, issn = {0021-9746}, URL = {https://jcp.bmj.com/content/55/2/141}, eprint = {https://jcp.bmj.com/content/55/2/141.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Clinical Pathology} }