Infections requiring hospitalization of injection drug users who participated in an injection opiate maintenance program

Publikation

Infections requiring hospitalization of injection drug users who participated in an injection opiate maintenance program

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.03.2002

Bassetti Stefano, Hoffmann Matthias, Bucher Heiner C, Fluckiger Ursula, Battegay Manuel

Zitation

Bassetti S, Hoffmann M, Bucher H, Fluckiger U, Battegay M. Infections requiring hospitalization of injection drug users who participated in an injection opiate maintenance program. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2002; 34:711-3.

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2002; 34

Veröffentlichungsdatum

01.03.2002

eISSN (Online)

1537-6591

Seiten

711-3

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

A retrospective analysis of hospitalizations due to infection in 175 injection drug users was performed for the 3 years before and the period during their participation in an injection opiate maintenance program (mean duration during program, 2.6 years). Skin infections were the main reason for hospitalization. The injection opiate maintenance program did not reduce the incidence of infection leading to hospitalization among the injection drug users studied.