An outbreak of infection with Bacillus anthracis in injecting drug users in Scotland

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 2-4

  Ramsay, C N ^a   Stirling, A ^b   Smith, J ^b   Hawkins, G ^a   Brooks, T ^c   Hood, J ^d   Penrice, G ^b   Browning, L M ^a   Ahmed, S ^b  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CITRIC ACID; DIAMORPHINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DRUG ABUSE; EDEMA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJECTING DRUG ABUSE; INJECTION SITE CELLULITIS; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCOTLAND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 77952482144     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.02.19465-en     Document Type: Article

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