Preliminary case report of fatal anthrax in an injecting drug user in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, December 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 5-

  Radun, D ^a   Bernard, H ^a   Altmann, M ^a,b   Schoneberg I ^a   Bochat, V ^c   van Treeck, U ^d   Rippe, R M ^e   Grunow, R ^a   Elschner, M ^f   Biederbick, W ^a   Krause, G ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Local Health Department   (Germany)

^d North Rhine Westphalia ^*  (Germany)

^e Federal Ministry of Labour   (Germany)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG ABUSE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INJECTING DRUG ABUSE; LEG SWELLING; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGED; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; FATALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AGED; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 77952469591     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.02.19464-en     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Robert Koch Institute: Ein Fall von Milzbrand im Land Niedersachsen. [A case of anthrax in Lower Saxony]. Epid Bull. 1994;1:10. German