Literature DB >> 10756152

Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus.

L M Böhlen1, K Mühlemann, O Dubuis, C Aebi, M G Täuber.   

Abstract

We describe an outbreak among drug users of severe soft-tissue infections caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus of M-type 25. Cases (n = 19) in drug users were defined as infections (mainly needle abscesses) due to the outbreak strain. Comparison with controls showed that infected drug users bought drugs more often at a specific place. Drug purchase and use habits may have contributed to this outbreak.

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Year:  2000        PMID： 10756152      PMCID： PMC2640854          DOI： 10.3201/eid0602.000211

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis        ISSN： 1080-6040            Impact factor:   6.883


  21 in total

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Journal:  JAMA       Date:  1998-03-18       Impact factor: 56.272

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  5 in total

1.  Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Injection Drug Users.

Authors:  Patricia D. Brown; John R. Ebright
Journal:  Curr Infect Dis Rep       Date:  2002-10       Impact factor: 3.725

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Authors:  G L Bjorson; D W Scheifele; A Bell; A King
Journal:  Can J Infect Dis       Date:  2001-07

5.  Challenges posed by COVID-19 to people who inject drugs and lessons from other outbreaks.

Authors:  Tetyana I Vasylyeva; Pavlo Smyrnov; Steffanie Strathdee; Samuel R Friedman
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  5 in total

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