Titre : | Fatal anthrax infection in a heroin user from southern Germany (2012) |
Auteurs : | T. HOLZMANN ; D. FRANGOULIDIS ; M. SIMON ; P. NOLL ; S. SCHMOLDT ; M. HANCZARUK ; G. GRASS ; M. PREGLER ; A. SING ; S. HORMANSDORFER ; H. BERNARD ; R. GRUNOW ; R. ZIMMERMANN ; W. SCHNEIDER-BRACHERT ; A. GESSNER ; U. REISCHL |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Eurosurveillance (Vol.17, n°26, 28 June 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | pii=20204 ; 5 p. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ALLEMAGNEThésaurus 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. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Sous-type de document : | Etude de cas / Case report |
Refs biblio. : | 14 |
Affiliation : | Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Regensburg, Germany |
Lien : | http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20204 |
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