Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users

Paenibacillus larvae causes American foulbrood in honey bees. We describe P. larvae bacteremia in 5 injection drug users who had self-injected honey-prepared methadone proven to contain P. larvae spores. That such preparations may be contaminated with spores of this organism is not well known among...

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Autores principales: Rieg, Siegbert, Bauer, Tilman Martin, Peyerl-Hoffmann, Gabriele, Held, Jürgen, Ritter, Wolfgang, Wagner, Dirk, Kern, Winfried Vinzenz, Serr, Annerose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091457
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Sumario:Paenibacillus larvae causes American foulbrood in honey bees. We describe P. larvae bacteremia in 5 injection drug users who had self-injected honey-prepared methadone proven to contain P. larvae spores. That such preparations may be contaminated with spores of this organism is not well known among pharmacists, physicians, and addicts.

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