Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users
oleh: Siegbert Rieg, Tilman Martin Bauer, Gabriele Peyerl-Hoffmann, Jürgen Held, Wolfgang Ritter, Dirk Wagner, Winfried Vinzenz Kern, Annerose Serr
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03-01 |
Deskripsi
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.