Date: July 25, 2012
Published: July 25, 2012 NHS Lanarkshire has today confirmed the identification of a single case of systemic anthrax infection in an intravenous drug user (IDU) in Scotland. The patient is in hospital and is currently in a critical but stable condition (text o...
Date: December 11, 2008
Published: December 11, 2008 The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of six cases of botulism occurring in injection drug users in the Dublin region since the end of November. Additionally, one death associated with disease has been reporte...
Date: December 1, 2008
Published: December 1, 2008 HPSC and the HSE East Public Health Department have been informed of four presumptive cases of wound botulism – all affecting injecting drug users - which are under investigation in the HSE Eastern Region. Wound botulism is a rare c...
Date: March 15, 2002
Published: March 15, 2002 The National Disease Surveillance Centre has been notified of a case of botulism, which has been identified in the Eastern Regional Health Authority. This case is under investigation by the ERHA. It has arisen in an injecting drug use...