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    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
    Risk Factors
    Substance Abuse, Intravenous
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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
    Additional Links
    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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    en
    ISSN
    1560-7917
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