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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Heroin-associated anthrax with minimal morbidity.

Heather Black, Ann Chapman, Donald Inverarity, Satyajit Sinha

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather BlackDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, UK.
Ann ChapmanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, UK.
Donald InverarityDepartment of Microbiology, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, UK.
Satyajit SinhaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, UK.
Monklands Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2010, during an outbreak of anthrax affecting people who inject drugs, a heroin user aged 37 years presented with soft tissue infection. He subsequently was found to have anthrax. We describe his management and the difficulty in distinguishing anthrax from non-anthrax lesions. His full recovery, despite an overall mortality of 30% for injectional anthrax, demonstrates that some heroin-related anthrax cases can be managed predominately with oral antibiotics and minimal surgical intervention.

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AdultAnthraxAnti-Bacterial AgentsDebridementDisease ManagementHeroin DependenceHumansMaleSoft Tissue InfectionsSubstance Abuse, IntravenousTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID28275017
PMCPMC5353407
OpenAlexW2591933140

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