Holzmann, Thomas and Frangoulidis, D. and Simon, M. and Noll, P. and Schmoldt, S. and Hanczaruk, M. and Grass, G. and Pregler, M. and Sing, A. and Hoermansdorfer, S. and Bernard, H. and Grunow, R. and Zimmermann, R. and Schneider-Brachert, W. and Gessner, A. and Reischl, U. (2012) Fatal anthrax infection in a heroin user from southern Germany, June 2012. EUROSURVEILLANCE, 17 (26): 20204. pp. 2-6. ISSN 1560-7917,
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Blood cultures from a heroin user who died in June 2012, a few hours after hospital admission, due to acute septic disease, revealed the presence of Bacillus anthracis. This report describes the extended diagnosis by MALDI-TOF and real-time PCR and rapid confirmation of the anthrax infection through reference laboratories. Physicians and diagnostic laboratories were informed and alerted efficiently through the reporting channels of German public health institutions, which is essential for the prevention of further cases.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | REAL-TIME PCR; BACILLUS-ANTHRACIS; DRUG-USERS; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2020 11:38 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2020 11:38 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/18560 |
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