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.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 11, 2011
Accepted:
October 3,
2011
Received:
September 24,
2011
Footnotes
☆Previous Presentation: Presented as a Poster at the Sylvester O’Halloran Surgical Scientific Meeting, Ireland, March 2011.
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© 2011 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
