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Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008.
- Source :
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Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2009 Jan 08; Vol. 14 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jan 08. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Cities statistics & numerical data
Comorbidity
Humans
Incidence
Ireland epidemiology
Risk Factors
Botulism epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks statistics & numerical data
Drug Users statistics & numerical data
Population Surveillance
Risk Assessment methods
Substance Abuse, Intravenous epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1560-7917
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19161713