ReviewThe Journal of infectious diseases2020
National Public Health Burden Estimates of Endocarditis and Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections Related to Injection Drug Use: A Review.
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- Improving hospital-based care for patients with injection-drug related infections: provider perspectives.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
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- Health, Costs, and Injection-Related Infections at a Hypothetical Overdose Prevention Center.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Fire needle therapy for recurrent skin and soft tissue infections: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Patterns of Non-fatal Overdose and Injection-Related Bacterial Infections During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Year Among New York State Residents.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Bacterial and fungal infections in persons who inject drugs.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Infective endocarditis: it takes a team.European heart journal · 2025Review
- U.S. substance use harm reduction efforts: a review of the current state of policy, policy barriers, and recommendations.Harm reduction journal · 2025Review
- Multidisciplinary Guidance to Care for Persons With Xylazine-Associated Wounds.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Comprehensive Care for People Who Use Drugs: Combining Infectious Diseases Services, Harm Reduction, and Primary Care.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Fungal Infections in People Who Use Drugs.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Cutaneous Abscess Prevalence and Risk Factors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Denver, Colorado.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Injection-Related Bacterial and Fungal Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Exploring the value and acceptability of a patient navigator program for people who inject drugs and are hospitalized for bacterial infections: patients', community organization and healthcare workers' perspectives.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Examining the association between psychological resilience and chronic versus discrete stressors among individuals who use opioids in Baltimore, Maryland.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- "It always needs a higher level of care than what I can provide": Practical, ethical, and administrative tensions arising from the integration of wound care services into syringe service programs in Maryland.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- A hand-washing community-based educational intervention to reduce abscess incidence among people who inject drugs: a cluster randomised controlled clinical trial protocol (the HAWA study protocol).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Social determinants of injection drug use-associated bacterial infections and treatment outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite concerns about the burden of the bacterial and fungal infection syndromes related to injection drug use (IDU), robust estimates of the public health burden of these conditions are lacking. The current article reviews and compares data sources and national burden estimates for infective endocarditis (IE) and skin and soft-tissue infections related to IDU in the United States.
methodsA literature review was conducted for estimates of skin and soft-tissue infection and endocarditis disease burden with related IDU or substance use disorder terms since 2011. A range of the burden is presented, based on different methods of obtaining national projections from available data sources or published data.
resultsEstimates using available data suggest the number of hospital admissions for IE related to IDU ranged from 2900 admissions in 2013 to more than 20 000 in 2017. The only source of data available to estimate the annual number of hospitalizations and emergency department visits for skin and soft-tissue infections related to IDU yielded a crude estimate of 98 000 such visits. Including people who are not hospitalized, a crude calculation suggests that 155 000-540 000 skin infections related to IDU occur annually. DISCUSSION: These estimates carry significant limitations. However, regardless of the source or method, the burden of disease appears substantial, with estimates of thousands of episodes of IE among persons with IDU and at least 100 000 persons who inject drugs (PWID) with skin and soft-tissue infections annually in the United States. Given the importance of these types of infections, more robust and reliable estimates are needed to better quantitate the occurrence and understand the impact of interventions.
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