Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008

Autor: J, Barry, M, Ward, S, Cotter, J, Macdiarmada, M, Hannan, B, Sweeney, K A, Grant, P, McKeown
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. 14(1)
ISSN: 1560-7917
Popis: In November and December 2008, six cases of suspect wound botulism were reported in heroin injecting drug users, all residents in Dublin, Ireland. Patients were aged between 23-42 years of age; four cases were male; one patient died shortly after admission. The patients presented to four different hospitals across the city. Botulism in injecting drug users in Ireland was last reported in 2002.
Databáze: OpenAIRE