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

Publication

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

Journal Paper/Review - Mar 1, 2002

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

Citation

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.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

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

Publication Date

Mar 1, 2002

Issn Electronic

1537-6591

Pages

711-3

Brief description/objective

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.