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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...
Autores principales: | Wright, Talen, Hope, Vivian, Ciccarone, Daniel, Lewer, Dan, Scott, Jenny, Harris, Magdalena |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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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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