Addressing the Intersection of Infectious Disease Epidemics and Opioid and Substance Use Epidemics

The current opioid use disorder (OUD) and nonopioid substance use epidemics in the United States have resulted in an increase in infections among persons who use drugs (PWUD), magnifying the morbidity and mortality associated with illicit substance use. Such infections that are increasing related to illicit opioid and other drug use include hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), invasive bacterial and fungal infections (including Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, fungemia, endocarditis, skin and soft tissue infections), and bone and joint infections, among others.
Source: Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research