Title |
A case of septicaemic anthrax in an intravenous drug user
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-11-21 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Arfon GMT Powell, Joseph EM Crozier, Heather Hodgson, David J Galloway |
Abstract |
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. |
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Geographical breakdown
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United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
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Spain | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 43 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Bachelor | 8 | 18% |
Student > Master | 8 | 18% |
Other | 5 | 11% |
Researcher | 5 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 7% |
Other | 4 | 9% |
Unknown | 11 | 25% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 39% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 14% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 5% |
Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 2% |
Other | 7 | 16% |
Unknown | 10 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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#11
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