[Microbiological study of 30 samples of heroin].
In the present study, 30 samples of heroin from material seized by the police in Vizcaya from 7-1-1987 to 6-30-1988 were investigated. Bacillus spp were isolated in 19 samples (63.3%), coagulase negative staphylococci in 14 (46.6%), Aspergillus in 3 (10%) and S. aureus in one (3.33%). In addition, chemical analysis of the purity of heroin was carried out with gas chromatography. The purity of the samples ranged from 1.1% to 94.3%. No relation was found between the weight of the sample, its purity and its degree of microbiological contamination. In the microbiological study of 4 lemons used to dissolve the drug, Candida krusei was isolated from three samples, Aspergillus in two and Geotrichum in one.
Alvarez
M
M
Servico de Microbiología, Hospital Civil de Bilbao.
Barturen
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B
Regúlez
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P
Pontón
J
J
Ezquerra
J L
JL
Cisterna
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R
D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002957:Citrus / Q000382:microbiology; D004340:Drug Contamination; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003932:Heroin / Q000032:analysis*; D013030:Spain; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D003932:Heroin
Estudio microbiológico de 30 muestras de heroína.