title: Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in injection drug users.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany. siegbert.rieg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Siegbert
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rieg
authors.forename: Tilman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martin Bauer
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peyerl-Hoffmann
authors.forename: Jurgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Held
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Winfried Vinzenz
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Annerose
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serr
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone