Lethal outbreak of infection with Clostridium novyi type A and other spore-forming organisms in Scottish injecting drug users

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 971-977

  McGuigan, Christopher C ^a   Penrice, Gillian M ^a   Gruer, Laurence ^a   Ahmed, Syed ^a   Goldberg, David ^a   Black, Marjorie ^a   Salmon, Jane E ^a   Hood, John ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; DIAMORPHINE;

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION SITE; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPOROGENESIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI;

EID: 0036840729     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-11-971     Document Type: Article

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