An epidemic of unexplained illness among injecting drug users characterized by injection site inflammation and severe systemic toxicity occurred in Ireland and the United Kingdom from April to August 2000. One hundred eight persons became ill, and 43 persons died. In Dublin, 8 of 22 patients died. Six of the 8 fatal cases were epidemiologically linked to a source of heroin. Most had experienced local injection site lesions for 7 to 14 days before developing a rapidly fatal systemic illness characterized by hypotension, thirst, pulmonary edema, pericardial and pleural effusions, and leukocytosis. Objective.—To document the clinical course and autopsy findings of the fatal cases in Dublin. Design.—To study the clinical, autopsy, microbi...
Drug abuse is a serious problem, both globally and at a local level, with more than 13,400 opiate ab...
Using a data-linkage approach, we conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors in an o...
International audienceBackground: “New psychoactive substances” (NPS), has been described as a “grow...
An outbreak of unexplained illness among heroin users was reported in May 2000 in Dublin. Between 2...
An outbreak of serious illness and death occurred in injecting drug users during 2000 in Scotland, I...
Since April 19, 2000, 30 injecting-drug users (IDUs) died or were hospitalized with unexplained seve...
5noInjection drug use-related infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) assumes peculiar epidemiological, path...
Since April 19, 2000, health authorities in Scotland, Ireland, England, and the United States have b...
This study investigated causes and manner of drug-related fatalities recorded in 2000 in the United ...
<p><b>Background:</b> In 2000, Ringertz et al described the first case of systemic...
A brief description of the disease which caused the deaths of eight heroin users in Dubin during the...
Introduction: In 2019, Scotland reported the highest number of drug deaths amongst EU countries. Of ...
Introduction: In 2019, Scotland reported the highest number of drug deaths amongst EU countries. Of ...
Introduction: In 2019, Scotland reported the highest number of drug deaths amongst EU countries. Of ...
Recent studies suggest that many fatal heroin overdoses are caused by anaphylactoid reaction. In the...
Drug abuse is a serious problem, both globally and at a local level, with more than 13,400 opiate ab...
Using a data-linkage approach, we conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors in an o...
International audienceBackground: “New psychoactive substances” (NPS), has been described as a “grow...
An outbreak of unexplained illness among heroin users was reported in May 2000 in Dublin. Between 2...
An outbreak of serious illness and death occurred in injecting drug users during 2000 in Scotland, I...
Since April 19, 2000, 30 injecting-drug users (IDUs) died or were hospitalized with unexplained seve...
5noInjection drug use-related infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) assumes peculiar epidemiological, path...
Since April 19, 2000, health authorities in Scotland, Ireland, England, and the United States have b...
This study investigated causes and manner of drug-related fatalities recorded in 2000 in the United ...
<p><b>Background:</b> In 2000, Ringertz et al described the first case of systemic...
A brief description of the disease which caused the deaths of eight heroin users in Dubin during the...
Introduction: In 2019, Scotland reported the highest number of drug deaths amongst EU countries. Of ...
Introduction: In 2019, Scotland reported the highest number of drug deaths amongst EU countries. Of ...
Introduction: In 2019, Scotland reported the highest number of drug deaths amongst EU countries. Of ...
Recent studies suggest that many fatal heroin overdoses are caused by anaphylactoid reaction. In the...
Drug abuse is a serious problem, both globally and at a local level, with more than 13,400 opiate ab...
Using a data-linkage approach, we conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors in an o...
International audienceBackground: “New psychoactive substances” (NPS), has been described as a “grow...