Infection with type A Clostridium novyi is rare. We report the case of a previously healthy 31-y-old woman with no known risk factors who died suddenly with a necrotizing soft tissue infection. We compare this case with a simultaneous outbreak of this infection amongst Scottish IDUs (injecting drug users).

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