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| Anthrax found in dead heroin user | Anthrax found in dead heroin user |
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| Anthrax has been found in two heroin users from Glasgow - one of whom has died in hospital. | Anthrax has been found in two heroin users from Glasgow - one of whom has died in hospital. |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the man died in the city's Victoria Infirmary on Wednesday. A woman being treated there has also tested positive. | NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the man died in the city's Victoria Infirmary on Wednesday. A woman being treated there has also tested positive. |
| A second man with "serious soft tissue infections" is being tested at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. | A second man with "serious soft tissue infections" is being tested at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. |
| Police believe contaminated heroin or a contaminated cutting agent may be responsible for the infections. | Police believe contaminated heroin or a contaminated cutting agent may be responsible for the infections. |
| Dr Syed Ahmed, consultant in public health medicine, said: "I urge all drug injecting heroin users to be extremely alert and to seek urgent medical advice if they experienced an infection. | Dr Syed Ahmed, consultant in public health medicine, said: "I urge all drug injecting heroin users to be extremely alert and to seek urgent medical advice if they experienced an infection. |
| "While this section of the community need to be on their guard the risk to the rest of the population - including close family members of the infected cases - is negligible. | "While this section of the community need to be on their guard the risk to the rest of the population - including close family members of the infected cases - is negligible. |
| "It is extremely rare for anthrax to be spread from person to person and there is no significant risk of airborne transmission from one person to another." | "It is extremely rare for anthrax to be spread from person to person and there is no significant risk of airborne transmission from one person to another." |
| Hoofed animals | Hoofed animals |
| The health board said it would investigate cases of drug injecting heroin users who presents with serious soft tissue infections now or during the last four weeks. | The health board said it would investigate cases of drug injecting heroin users who presents with serious soft tissue infections now or during the last four weeks. |
| Anthrax is an acute bacterial infection most commonly found in hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. | Anthrax is an acute bacterial infection most commonly found in hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. |
| It normally infects humans when they inhale or ingest anthrax spores, but cannot be passed from person to person. | It normally infects humans when they inhale or ingest anthrax spores, but cannot be passed from person to person. |
| The last death from anthrax in Scotland was in 2006 when Christopher Norris died after inhaling the spores. | The last death from anthrax in Scotland was in 2006 when Christopher Norris died after inhaling the spores. |
| The 50-year-old craftsman, from Stobs, near Hawick, made drums with materials such as untreated animal hides. | The 50-year-old craftsman, from Stobs, near Hawick, made drums with materials such as untreated animal hides. |
| Last November, drum-maker Fernando Gomez, who is thought to have inhaled anthrax spores while handling imported animal skins, died in hospital in London. | |
| The 35-year-old Spanish folk musician had been in the intensive care unit for several days. | |
| Five people died and 17 others were ill in a series of anthrax attacks in the US in 2001. |