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Isolation and identification of Clostridium spp. from infections associated with the injection of drugs: experiences of a microbiological investigation team.
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Journal of medical microbiology [J Med Microbiol] 2002 Nov; Vol. 51 (11), pp. 985-989. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Pathogenic species of the genus Clostridium may contaminate the materials used in the injection of drugs and under the right conditions may cause serious or life-threatening disease. C. novyi type A was implicated in an outbreak of severe infection with high mortality in injecting drug users who injected heroin extravascularly. The isolation of such highly oxygen-sensitive clostridia from clinical material may require adherence to enhanced methods and, once isolated, commercially available anaerobe identification kits alone may not give an accurate identification. Additional phenotypic tests that are useful in recognising the main pathogenic species are described. Differentiation of C. novyi type A from C. botulinum type C in reference laboratories was based on 16S rDNA sequence data and specific neutralisation of cytopathic effects in tissue culture.
- Subjects :
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
Clostridium genetics
Clostridium Infections mortality
Humans
RNA, Bacterial analysis
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S analysis
Species Specificity
United Kingdom epidemiology
Wound Infection microbiology
Clostridium isolation & purification
Clostridium Infections etiology
Heroin
Substance-Related Disorders complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-2615
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of medical microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12448683
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-51-11-985