Prevalence and severity of abscesses and cellulitis, and their associations with other health outcomes, in a community-based study of people who inject drugs in London, UK

BACKGROUND: Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) are a common but preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID). They can be severe, and hospitalisations of PWID with SSTI are rising. The most common SSTI presentations are abscesses and cellulitis. METHODS: We u...

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Autores principales: Wright, Talen, Hope, Vivian, Ciccarone, Daniel, Lewer, Dan, Scott, Jenny, Harris, Magdalena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7360031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32663203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235350

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7360031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32663203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235350

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