Changes in supervised drug-injecting practices following a community-based educational intervention: a longitudinal analysis

People who inject drugs (PWID) are vulnerable to an array of health issues. Alongside the risk of overdoses and blood-borne viral infections such as HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV), PWID are subject to bacterial and fungal infections. These infections include skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) (e.g. abscesses or cellulitis) that can occur at injection sites (Ebright and Pieper, 2002; Gordon and Lowy, 2005). One study reviewing abscess prevalence in PWID during the previous month showed it ranged from 6% to 32%, while lifetime abscess prevalence reached 68% (Larney et al., 2017).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - September 4, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Mezaache Salim, Protopopescu Cam élia, Debrus Marie, Morel Stéphane, Mora Marion, Suzan-Monti Marie, Rojas Castro Daniela, Carrieri Patrizia, Roux Perrine Tags: Full length article Source Type: research