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
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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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author Rieg, Siegbert
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33220382012-04-23 Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users Rieg, Siegbert Bauer, Tilman Martin Peyerl-Hoffmann, Gabriele Held, Jürgen Ritter, Wolfgang Wagner, Dirk Kern, Winfried Vinzenz Serr, Annerose Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3322038/ /pubmed/20202425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091457 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Rieg, Siegbert
Bauer, Tilman Martin
Peyerl-Hoffmann, Gabriele
Held, Jürgen
Ritter, Wolfgang
Wagner, Dirk
Kern, Winfried Vinzenz
Serr, Annerose
Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users
title Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users
title_full Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users
title_fullStr Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users
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title_short Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users
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topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322038/
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