ArticleJournal of addiction medicine
Risk Factors Associated With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Among Hospitalized People Who Inject Drugs.
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- Association of skin infections with sharing of injection drug preparation equipment among people who inject drugs.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Trial
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- Non-overdose acute care hospitalizations for opioid use disorder among commercially-insured adults: a retrospective cohort study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections among Surgical Wards in South Africa: Findings and Implications.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A community-based study of abscess self-treatment and barriers to medical care among people who inject drugs in the United States.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: the role of injection-related tissue damage.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
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- «One prick and then it´s done»: a mixed-methods exploratory study on intramuscular injection in heroin-assisted treatment.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Long-term Infective Endocarditis Mortality Associated With Injection Opioid Use in the United States: A Modeling Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Effect of initiation of medications for opioid use disorder on hospitalization outcomes for endocarditis and osteomyelitis in a large private hospital system in the United States, 2014-18.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Article
- Recurring Severe Injection-Related Infections in People Who Inject Drugs and the Need for Safe Injection Sites in Madrid, Spain.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
- The Dynamics of Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use in Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Predictors of skin and soft tissue infections among sample of rural residents who inject drugs.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on harm reduction services in Spain.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Harm Reduction Services to Prevent and Treat Infectious Diseases in People Who Use Drugs.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2020Review
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- Incidence and treatment costs of severe bacterial infections among people who inject heroin: A cohort study in South London, England.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Syringe access and health harms: Characterizing "landscapes of antagonism" in California's Central Valley.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesSkin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are common among people who inject drugs (PWID), and can lead to serious morbidity and costly emergency room and hospital utilization. A range of high-risk injection practices may contribute to these infections. The goal of the current study was to examine risk practices that were associated with SSTIs in a sample of hospitalized PWID.
methodsPWID (N = 143; 40.6% female) were recruited from inpatient medical units at a large urban hospital and completed a baseline interview that focused on infection risk. Measures included demographics, substances used/injected, and self-report of SSTIs (ie, abscesses, ulcers, or cellulitis) within the past year. The Bacterial Infections Risk Scale for Injectors-a 7-item index-assessed specific behaviors expected to increase the risk of acquiring SSTIs (eg, injection without skin cleaning, intramuscular injection).
resultsThe sample was 58% Caucasian and averaged 38.7 (SD = 10.7) years of age. Ninety-three participants (65%) reported at least 1 SSTI within the past year. Using a logistic regression model, the Bacterial Infections Risk Scale for Injectors (odds ratio 1.87, P = 0.004) and total number of injections over the past 3 months (odds ratio 2.21, P = 0.002) were associated with past year SSTIs.
conclusionsIn conclusion, rates of past-year SSTIs were high in this sample of hospitalized PWID. Results suggest that interventions should target specific injection practices to reduce infection risk.
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