Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in injection drug users.
Paenibacillus larvae causes American foulbrood in honey bees. We describe P. larvae bacteremia in 5 injection drug users who had self-injected honey-prepared methadone proven to contain P. larvae spores. That such preparations may be contaminated with spores of this organism is not well known among pharmacists, physicians, and addicts.
Rieg
Siegbert
S
University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany. siegbert.rieg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Martin Bauer
Tilman
T
Peyerl-Hoffmann
Gabriele
G
Held
Jurgen
J
Ritter
Wolfgang
W
Wagner
Dirk
D
Kern
Winfried Vinzenz
WV
Serr
Annerose
A
D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006722:Honey / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D056507:Paenibacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*
D008691:Methadone