Disparity in Quality of Infectious Disease vs Addiction Care Among Patients With Injection Drug Use–Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

Evidence-based interventions for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) are well known, but it is unclear how they are implemented among patients with injection drug use–associated (IDU) SAB. Of 46 patients with IDU-SAB identified, all received high-quality SAB management; however, few received appr...

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Autores principales: Serota, David Phillip, Niehaus, Emily D, Schechter, Marcos C, Jacob, Jesse T, Jones, Jeb, Ray, Susan M, Kelley, Colleen F, Kempker, Russell R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6612813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31304193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz289
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Sumario:Evidence-based interventions for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) are well known, but it is unclear how they are implemented among patients with injection drug use–associated (IDU) SAB. Of 46 patients with IDU-SAB identified, all received high-quality SAB management; however, few received appropriate recognition or treatment of their underlying substance use disorder.

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