Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages e37-e41, February 2012

The untold truth about “bath salt” highs: A case series demonstrating local tissue injury☆

  • J.J. Dorairaj

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James’s Hospital, James’s Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Costello Road, Ireland. Tel.: +353 (0)91 524390; fax: +353 (0)91 494509.
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  • C. Healy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James’s Hospital, James’s Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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  • M. McMenamin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histopathology, St James’s Hospital, James’s Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • ,
  • P.A. Eadie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James’s Hospital, James’s Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

Received 24 September 2011; accepted 3 October 2011. published online 11 November 2011.

Summary 

The epidemic of injecting cathinone derivatives, marketed as “bath salts”, by intravenous drug users among inner city Dubliners led to an associated rise in soft tissue complications. The spectrum of the cases encountered, ranging from self-limiting cellulitis to extensive abscess formation, at a single institution is described.

Keywords: Soft tissue complications, Injecting bath salts, Cathinone derivatives

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☆ Previous Presentation: Presented as a Poster at the Sylvester O’Halloran Surgical Scientific Meeting, Ireland, March 2011.

PII: S1748-6815(11)00579-1

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2011.10.004

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages e37-e41, February 2012

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