Botulism among people who inject drugs in Scotland, December 2014 to July 2015

This Incident Management Team (IMT) report presented the investigations and conclusions in relation to an outbreak of would botulism among people who had a history of injecting drugs between December 2014 and June 2015 in Scotland.

A total of 40 confirmed and probable cases were recorded during the outbreak, making this the largest outbreak of wound botulism among people who inject drugs in Scotland to date.