Opioid agonist treatment and risk of death or rehospitalization following injection drug use-associated bacterial and fungal infections: A cohort study in New South Wales, Australia.

Opioid agonist treatment and risk of death or rehospitalization following injection drug use-associated bacterial and fungal infections: A cohort study in New South Wales, Australia.

<h4>Background</h4>Injecting-related bacterial and fungal infections are associated with significant morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID), and they are increasing in incidence. Following hospitalization with an injecting-related infection, use of opioid agonist tr...

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Main Authors: Thomas D Brothers, Dan Lewer, Nicola Jones, Samantha Colledge-Frisby, Michael Farrell, Matthew Hickman, Duncan Webster, Andrew Hayward, Louisa Degenhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004049&type=printable
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