PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M Noone
AU  - M Tabaqchali
AU  - J B Spillane
TI  - <em>Clostridium novyi</em> causing necrotising fasciitis in an injecting drug user
DP  - 2002 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 141--142
VI  - 55
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/55/2/141.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/55/2/141.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2002 Feb 01; 55
AB  - 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.