RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Infections in people who inject drugs on the acute medical take
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 383
OP 386
DO 10.7861/clinmed.2022-0364
VO 22
IS 5
A1 Anna Crepet
A1 Catherine Sargent
YR 2022
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/5/383.abstract
AB People who inject drugs are disproportionately affected by acute/chronic bacterial and viral infections that are a cause of significant morbidity. Clinical presentations to the acute medical take vary from skin and soft tissue infections to complications of bacteraemias, and can be challenging with difficulties in adherence, pain management, early self-discharges and loss to follow-up.This review summarises the most recent UK epidemiology of injecting drug use and infection as well as clinical presentation and management.