Confirmed Bacillus anthracis infection among persons who inject drugs, Scotland, 2009-2010

Malcolm Booth; Lindsay Donaldson; Xizhong Cui; Junfeng Sun; Stephen Cole; Susan Dailsey; Andrew Hart; Neil Johns; Paul McConnell; Tina McLennan; Benjamin Parcell; Henry Robb; Benjamin Shippey; Malcolm Sim; Charles Wallis; Peter Q. Eichacker

doi:10.3201/eid209.131481

Confirmed Bacillus anthracis infection among persons who inject drugs, Scotland, 2009-2010

Malcolm Booth, Lindsay Donaldson, Xizhong Cui, Junfeng Sun, Stephen Cole, Susan Dailsey, Andrew Hart, Neil Johns, Paul McConnell, Tina McLennan, Benjamin Parcell, Henry Robb, Benjamin Shippey, Malcolm Sim, Charles Wallis, Peter Q. Eichacker (Lead / Corresponding author)

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In Scotland, the 2009 outbreak of Bacillus anthracis infection among persons who inject drugs resulted in a 28% death rate. To compare nonsurvivors and survivors, we obtained data on 11 nonsurvivors and 16 survivors. Time from B. anthracis exposure to symptoms or hospitalization and skin and limb findings at presentation did not differ between nonsurvivors and survivors. Proportionately more nonsurvivors had histories of excessive alcohol use (p = 0.05) and required vasopressors and/or mechanical ventilation (p=0.01 for each individually). Nonsurvivors also had higher sequential organ failure assessment scores (mean ± SEM) (7.3 ± 0.9 vs. 1.2 ± 0.4, p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1452-1463
Number of pages	12
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	20
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid209.131481
Publication status	Published - Sept 2014

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Booth, M., Donaldson, L., Cui, X., Sun, J., Cole, S., Dailsey, S., Hart, A., Johns, N., McConnell, P., McLennan, T., Parcell, B., Robb, H., Shippey, B., Sim, M., Wallis, C., & Eichacker, P. Q. (2014). Confirmed Bacillus anthracis infection among persons who inject drugs, Scotland, 2009-2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20(9), 1452-1463. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid209.131481

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Confirmed Bacillus anthracis infection among persons who inject drugs, Scotland, 2009-2010

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