A 38-year-old woman with heroin addiction, ptosis, respiratory failure, and proximal myopathy

Chest. 2008 Oct;134(4):867-870. doi: 10.1378/chest.08-0402.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blepharoptosis / etiology
  • Botulism / diagnosis*
  • Botulism / etiology*
  • Botulism / therapy
  • Female
  • Heroin Dependence / complications*
  • Humans
  • Muscular Diseases / etiology
  • Needlestick Injuries / complications*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
  • Wound Infection / complications
  • Wound Infection / diagnosis*
  • Wound Infection / therapy