Infectious Diseases Physicians’ Perspectives Regarding Injection Drug Use and Related Infections, United States, 2017 | Zendy

Alison B. Rapoport | Zendy; Leah S. Fischer | Zendy; Scott Santibañez | Zendy; Susan E. Beekmann | Zendy; Philip M. Polgreen | Zendy; Christopher F. Rowley | Zendy

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Infectious Diseases Physicians’ Perspectives Regarding Injection Drug Use and Related Infections, United States, 2017

Author(s) -

Alison B. Rapoport,

Leah S. Fischer,

Scott Santibañez,

Susan E. Beekmann,

Philip M. Polgreen,

Christopher F. Rowley

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy132

Subject(s) - medicine , public health , family medicine , context (archaeology) , health care , injection drug use , substance abuse , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , nursing , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , paleontology , drug injection , economics , biology , economic growth

The majority of physicians surveyed treated PWID and reported myriad obstacles to providing care. Public health and health care systems should consider ways to support ID physicians caring for PWID, including (1) guidelines for providing complex care, including safe provision of multiweek parenteral antibiotics; (2) improved access to SUD management; and (3) strategies to assist those interested in roles in SUD management.

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