Open AccessBacterial Infections Associated With Substance Use Disorders, Large Cohort of United States Hospitals, 2012–2017
Author(s) -
Natalie L. McCarthy,
James Baggs,
Isaac See,
Sujan Reddy,
John A. Jernigan,
Runa Gokhale,
Anthony E. Fiore
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa008
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , medical diagnosis , substance abuse , diagnosis code , comorbidity , endocarditis , cohort , staphylococcus aureus , emergency medicine , pediatrics , population , psychiatry , pathology , environmental health , physics , biology , bacteria , optics , genetics
Rises in the incidence of bacterial infections, such as infective endocarditis (IE), have been reported in conjunction with the opioid crisis. However, recent trends for IE and other serious infections among persons with substance use disorders (SUDs) are unknown.