Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008.
dc.contributor.author | Ward, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Cotter, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Macdiarmada, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Hannan, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Sweeney, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Grant, K A | |
dc.contributor.author | McKeown, P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-16T15:10:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-16T15:10:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 08/01/2009 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008. 2009, 14 (1): Euro Surveill. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1560-7917 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 19161713 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/104911 | |
dc.description.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. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.url | http://www.eurosurveillance.org/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=19082 | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | COMMUNICABLE DISEASE | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Botulism | |
dc.subject.mesh | Cities | |
dc.subject.mesh | Comorbidity | |
dc.subject.mesh | Disease Outbreaks | |
dc.subject.mesh | Drug Users | |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
dc.subject.mesh | Incidence | |
dc.subject.mesh | Ireland | |
dc.subject.mesh | Population Surveillance | |
dc.subject.mesh | Risk Assessment | |
dc.subject.mesh | Risk Factors | |
dc.subject.mesh | Substance Abuse, Intravenous | |
dc.subject.other | HEALTH IMPROVEMENT | EN |
dc.subject.other | BOTULISM | en |
dc.subject.other | INJECTING DRUG USERS | en |
dc.title | Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive (East), Dublin, Ireland. | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-22T07:59:31Z | |
html.description.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. |