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9122639

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
From early 1993, we received a number of blood cultures, all from Vietnamese inmates of the Whitehead Detention Centre, the biggest detention camp in Hong Kong, which grew unusual organisms. Upon follow-up, the majority of the patients were found to abscond from the hospital a few days after having been admitted with a clinical picture of septic shock. During the period from March 1993 to late 1994, we noted a total of 25 positive blood cultures from 21 previously healthy Vietnamese migrants with this syndrome. The mean age was 27.8 years and 20 were males. The organisms isolated from the blood cultures were of low pathogenicity such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Trichosporon spp., Baciflus spp. and Micrococcus spp. Fourteen of the patients complained of abdominal pain and 3 others had apical pneumothoraces. Eighteen had shock requiring resuscitation. Multiple puncture or needle marks were found in 11 patients, mainly involving the lower limbs. One patient admitted inducing illness by self-injection, and it was suspected that all these infections were self-inflicted. The range of hospitalization was 1-13 days (mean 3.05 days). Eighteen of the 21 patients absconded.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Self-inflicted bacteraemia and fungaemia in Vietnamese migrants.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article