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

Published:2009-01-08 Issue:1 Volume:14 Page:
ISSN:1560-7917
Container-title:Eurosurveillance
language:en
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Author:

Barry J¹²,Ward M²,Cotter S³,MacDiarmada J²,Hannan M⁴,Sweeney B⁵⁴,Grant K A⁶,McKeown P³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

2. Department of Public Health, Health Services Executive, Dublin, Ireland

3. Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland

4. Mater Misericordiae University, Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

5. Addiction Service, Health Services Executive, Dublin, Ireland

6. Foodborne Pathogen Reference Unit, Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom

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.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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