Microbiological study of 30 samples of heroin

In the present study, 30 samples of heroin from material seized by the police in Vizcaya from 7-1-1987 to 6-30-1988 were investigated. Bacillus spp were isolated in 19 samples (63.3%), coagulase negative staphylococci in 14 (46.6%), Aspergillus in 3 (10%) and S. aureus in one (3.33%). In addition, c...

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Published inEnfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica Vol. 8; no. 4; p. 231
Main Authors Alvarez, M, Barturen, B, Regúlez, P, Pontón, J, Ezquerra, J L, Cisterna, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.04.1990
Subjects
Aspergillus - isolation & purification
Bacillus - isolation & purification
Citrus - microbiology
Drug Contamination
Fungi - isolation & purification
Heroin - analysis
Spain
Staphylococcus - isolation & purification
Spain
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Summary:In the present study, 30 samples of heroin from material seized by the police in Vizcaya from 7-1-1987 to 6-30-1988 were investigated. Bacillus spp were isolated in 19 samples (63.3%), coagulase negative staphylococci in 14 (46.6%), Aspergillus in 3 (10%) and S. aureus in one (3.33%). In addition, chemical analysis of the purity of heroin was carried out with gas chromatography. The purity of the samples ranged from 1.1% to 94.3%. No relation was found between the weight of the sample, its purity and its degree of microbiological contamination. In the microbiological study of 4 lemons used to dissolve the drug, Candida krusei was isolated from three samples, Aspergillus in two and Geotrichum in one.
ISSN:0213-005X