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Euro Surveill
; 8(4): 87-90, 2003 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12764238
ABSTRACT
An unexplained outbreak of skin disorder with itching papules or pustules occurred among drugs body packers in a detention clinic in the Netherlands in October-November 2002. The descriptive cohort study suggests this outbreak could be associated with an expired batch of disposable linens, with an overall attack rate of 30% in the study population (n=118). No additionnal cases have been noted since this expired batch was replaced.