View from the front lines: An emergency medicine perspective on clostridial infections in injection drug users

Volume: 30, Pages: 108 - 115
Published: Dec 1, 2014
Abstract
Injection drug use (IDU), specifically non-intravenous “skin-popping” of heroin, seems to provide optimal conditions for Clostridial infection and toxin production. IDU is therefore a major risk factor for wound botulism and Clostridial necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI) and continues to be linked to cases of tetanus. Case clusters of all 3 diseases have occurred among IDUs in Western U.S. and Europe. Medical personnel who care for the...
Paper Details
Title
View from the front lines: An emergency medicine perspective on clostridial infections in injection drug users
Published Date
Dec 1, 2014
Journal
Volume
30
Pages
108 - 115
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