Reemergence of Intravenous Drug Use as Risk Factor for Candidemia, Massachusetts, USA

The epidemic of illicit intravenous drug use (IVDU) in the United States has been accompanied by a surge in drug overdose deaths and infectious sequelae. Candida albicans infections were associated with injection of contaminated impure brown heroin in the 1970s–1990s; however, candidiasis accompanyi...

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Autores principales: Poowanawittayakom, Nongnooch, Dutta, Anamika, Stock, Shannon, Touray, Sunkaru, Ellison, Richard T., Levitz, Stuart M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29553923
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.171807

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29553923
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.171807

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