Open AccessHIV Seropositivity Predicts Longer Duration of Stay and Rehospitalization Among Nonbacteremic Febrile Injection Drug Users With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Author(s) -
Yu Hsiang Hsieh,
Richard E. Rothman,
John G. Bartlett,
Samual Yang,
Gabor D. Kelen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e318183ac84
Subject(s) - medicine , serostatus , cellulitis , confidence interval , hazard ratio , epidemiology , population , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , surgery , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , viral load , environmental health , psychiatry
Skin/soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are the leading cause of hospital admissions among injection drug users (IDUs).