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Article de Périodique
Fatal anthrax infection in a heroin user from southern Germany (2012)
Auteur(s) :
HOLZMANN, T. ;
FRANGOULIDIS, D. ;
SIMON, M. ;
NOLL, P. ;
SCHMOLDT, S. ;
HANCZARUK, M. ;
GRASS, G. ;
PREGLER, M. ;
SING, A. ;
HORMANSDORFER, S. ;
BERNARD, H. ;
GRUNOW, R. ;
ZIMMERMANN, R. ;
SCHNEIDER-BRACHERT, W. ;
GESSNER, A. ;
REISCHL, U.
Année
2012
Page(s) :
pii=20204 ; 5 p.
Sous-type de document :
Etude de cas / Case report
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
14
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus géographique
ALLEMAGNE
Thésaurus mots-clés
ETUDE DE CAS
;
HEROINE
;
INFECTION
;
DIAGNOSTIC
;
ANALYSE CHIMIQUE
;
CULTURE DE TISSU
;
BACTERIE
;
BACTERIOLOGIE
Résumé :
Blood cultures from a heroin user who died in June 2012, a few hours after hospital admission, due to acute septic disease, revealed the presence of Bacillus anthracis. This report describes the extended diagnosis by MALDI-TOF and real-time PCR and rapid confirmation of the anthrax infection through reference laboratories. Physicians and diagnostic laboratories were informed and alerted efficiently through the reporting channels of German public health institutions, which is essential for the prevention of further cases.
Affiliation :
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Regensburg, Germany