Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users

Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users

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...

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Main Authors: Siegbert Rieg, Tilman Martin Bauer, Gabriele Peyerl-Hoffmann, Jürgen Held, Wolfgang Ritter, Dirk Wagner, Winfried Vinzenz Kern, Annerose Serr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Paenibacillus larvae
bacteremia
bacteria
intravenous drug abuse
honey
methadone substitution
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/09-1457_article

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