The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App
Frequency - Incidence
Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases
Evidence level/grade
Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic
Botulism (foodborne-, wound-)
Publications
MacDonald E, Arnesen TM, Brantsaeter AB, Gerlyng P, Grepp M, Hansen BÅ, Jonsrud K, Lundgren B, Mellegård H, Møller-Stray J, Rønning K, Vestrheim DF, Vold L
Outbreak of wound botulism in people who inject drugs, Norway, October to November 2013.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2013 Nov 07;18;20630 — 2013 Nov 07 — 20630
Wound botulism resulting from heroin abuse: can you recognize it?
Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association 2012 May;38;301-3 — 2012 May — 301-3
Images in clinical medicine: Wound botulism.
The New England journal of medicine 2010 Dec 16;363;2444 — 2010 Dec 16 — 2444
Clinical predictors of respiratory failure and long-term outcome in black tar heroin-associated wound botulism.
Chest 2001 Aug;120;562-6 — 2001 Aug — 562-6
Wound botulism associated with black tar heroin and lower extremity cellulitis.
The Journal of emergency medicine 2001 May;20;371-5 — 2001 May — 371-5
Wound botulism associated with black tar heroin among injecting drug users.
JAMA 1998 Mar 18;279;859-63 — 1998 Mar 18 — 859-63