title: 'Krokodil'--a designer drug from across the Atlantic, with serious consequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St Mary's Health Center, St Louis, Mo.
authors.forename: Dany V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Thekkemuriyi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
authors.forename: Santhosh Gheevarghese
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: John
authors.affiliation: Hospitalist Medicine, St Mary's Health Center, St Louis, Mo. Electronic address: unnikrishnanpk@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Unnikrishnan
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pillai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003061:Codeine; D015198:Designer Drugs; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009021:Morphine Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D009022:Morphine Derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D009336:Necrosis; D012426:Russia; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015198:Designer Drugs; D009022:Morphine Derivatives; D003061:Codeine