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The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website

Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Abused drugs/substances (illicit-, street drugs - IV/inhaled)

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IX.s Botulism (foodborne-, wound-)

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Wound botulism

Last update : 24/10/2016
 
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Drug and radiation history
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Drug singularity - Correct identification of the drug
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Consistent timing of exposure v. onset of symptoms
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Clinical, imaging, BAL, pathological pattern consistent with the specific drug
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Careful exlusion of another cause
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Remission of symptoms with removal of drug
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Recurrence with rechallenge (rarely advisable)
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Amphetamine (and -derivatives)
3
Amyl-nitrite, butyl-nitrite, isobutyl-nitrite ('Poppers')
4
Antidotes
1
Body packing
4
Cannabinoids - Cannabinoid receptor agonists (synthetic) (K2, Spice)
5
Cathinones, synthetic ('Bath salts')
5
Cocaine
5
Crack cocaine
5
E-cigarette - E-vaporizers - ENDS - Vaping - Dabbing
5
E-cigarette's, e-vaporizer's secondhand vapor (Passive vaping)
1
Excipients-Vehicle-Preservatives (of drugs)
5
Heroin (inhaled, insufflated, snorted)
4
Heroin (intravenous)
5
Inhalants (volatile substances)
5
Marijuana, cannabis (haschish, hash, bang, dab)
5
Methadone
5
Opiates - Opioids - Opium
5
Recreational drugs
5
Sniffed drugs (opioids, acetaminophen)
5
Talc (inhaled, sniffed, i.v., intrapleural)
3
Warfarin
5

Publications

A Case of a 34-Year-Old Female with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Proximal Muscle Weakness.
Case reports in critical care 2017;2017;7941715 2017
Recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users in California.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011 Apr 01;52;862-6 2011 Apr 01
A 38-year-old woman with heroin addiction, ptosis, respiratory failure, and proximal myopathy.
Chest 2008 Oct;134;867-870 2008 Oct
Botulism as a cause of respiratory failure in injecting drug users.
Irish journal of medical science 2003;172;143-4 2003
Clinical predictors of respiratory failure and long-term outcome in black tar heroin-associated wound botulism.
Chest 2001 Aug;120;562-6 2001 Aug

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