Addict dies as anthrax infects heroin users
By Lucy Christie, Press Association Thursday, 17 December 2009
A heroin addict who died in hospital has tested positive for anthrax, health officials said today.
He died at the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow yesterday. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said blood tests had shown the presence of the deadly bacteria.
Health officials said another heroin user being treated at the same hospital has also tested positive for anthrax. And a third patient, who is being treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, is being tested for anthrax. All three had infections in areas of the body they injected with heroin.
The health board confirmed that the dead drug user was male as is the patient at the Royal Infirmary, while the patient at the Victoria Hospital is a woman.
It is not known if the three cases are directly linked.
The victim is believed to have died from the anthrax infection.
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