Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008.

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Authors
Ward, M
Cotter, S
Macdiarmada, J
Hannan, M
Sweeney, B
Grant, K A
McKeown, P
Affiliation
Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive (East), Dublin, Ireland.
Issue Date
2009-01-08
Keywords
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Local subject classification
BOTULISM
INJECTING DRUG USERS
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
MeSH
Botulism
Cities
Comorbidity
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Users
Humans
Incidence
Ireland
Population Surveillance
Risk Assessment

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Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008. 2009, 14 (1): Euro Surveill.
Journal
Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/104911
PubMed ID
19161713
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http://www.eurosurveillance.org/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=19082
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.
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Article
Language
en
ISSN
1560-7917
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