ArticleHarm reduction journal2005
Prevalence and correlates of abscesses among a cohort of injection drug users.
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- Water, sanitation and hygiene insecurity predict abscess incidence among people who inject drugs in a binational US-Mexico metropolitan area: A longitudinal cohort study.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Article
- Staphylococcus aureus carriage and prevalence of skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs: a longitudinal study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Trends and correlates of abscess history among people who inject drugs in Massachusetts: A mixed methods exploration of experiences amidst a rapidly evolving drug supply.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023Article
- Trends in cocaine and crystal methamphetamine injection over time in a Canadian setting between 2008 and 2018.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- Self and professional treatment of skin and soft tissue infections among women who inject drugs: Implications for wound care provision to prevent endocarditis.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- High-intensity cannabis use and hospitalization: a prospective cohort study of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- What Is the Financial Impact of Orthopaedic Sequelae of Intravenous Drug Use on Urban Tertiary-care Centers?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2020Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Tedizolid and Linezolid for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections in Injection Drug Users: Analysis of Two Clinical Trials.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2018Article
- Patterns of health care utilization among people who overdosed from illegal drugs: a descriptive analysis using the BC Provincial Overdose Cohort.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2018Article
- Sex work, injection drug use, and abscesses: Associations in women, but not men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- 2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2018Review
- Physical pain is common and associated with nonmedical prescription opioid use among people who inject drugs.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2017Article
- High Perineal and Overall Frequency of Staphylococcus aureus in People Who Inject Drugs, Compared to Non-Injectors.Current microbiology · 2017Article
- Drug Use Is Associated With Purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in a Large Urban Jail: 2011-2015.Open forum infectious diseases · 2017Article
- Medical Comorbidity and Complications.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2016Review
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Abstract
Recent studies have indicated that injection-related infections such as abscesses and cellulitis account for the majority of emergency room visits and acute hospitalizations accrued by local injection drug users. The objective of this analysis was to examine the prevalence and correlates of developing an abscess among a cohort of injection drug users in Vancouver and to identify socio-demographic and drug use variables associated with abscesses at baseline. We examined abscesses among participants enrolled in a prospective cohort of injection drug users. Categorical variables were analyzed using the Pearson's chi-square test and continuous variables were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Among 1 585 baseline participants, 341 (21.5%) reported having an abscess in the last six months. In a logistic regression model that adjusted for all variables that were associated with having an abscess at p < 0.1 in univariate analyses, female gender [odds ratio (OR) = 1.7, [95% CI: 1.2 - 2.4]; p = 0.002), recent incarceration (OR = 1.7, [95% CI: 1.3 - 2.2]; p < 0.001), sex trade involvement (OR = 1.4 [95% CI: 1.0 - 2.0]; p = 0.03), frequent cocaine use (OR = 1.5 [95% CI: 1.2 - 2.0]; p = 0.002) and HIV serostatus (OR = 1.5, [95% CI: 1.2 - 2.0]; p = 0.003) were positively associated with having an abscess. Explanations for these associations require further study, and interventions are needed to address this highly prevalent concern.
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