Paenibacillus larvae Bacteremia in Injection Drug Users

摘要

Paenibacillus larvae causes American foulbrood in honey bees. We describe P. larvae bacteremia in 5 in-jection drug users who had self-injected honey-prepared methadone proven to contain P. larvae spores. That such preparations may be contaminated with spores of this or-ganism is not well known among pharmacists, physicians, and addicts