A case of septicaemic anthrax in an intravenous drug user
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A case of septicaemic anthrax in an intravenous drug user
BACKGROUND In 2000, Ringertz et al described the first case of systemic anthrax caused by injecting heroin contaminated with anthrax. In 2008, there were 574 drug related deaths in Scotland, of which 336 were associated with heroin and or morphine. We report a rare case of septicaemic anthrax caused by injecting heroin contaminated with anthrax in Scotland. CASE PRESENTATION A 32 year old int...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-21