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1558. Injection Drug Use-Related Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Serve as Sentinel Events for Healthcare Utilization in a Vulnerable Population

BACKGROUND: Persons with injection drug use (IDU) can have frequent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) and high healthcare utilization. We sought to examine whether IDU-related SSTIs are associated with an acceleration in disease course and increased healthcare utilization (a ‘sentinel event’)...

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Autores principales: Knodle, Ryan D, Bielick, Catherine, Burrowes, Shana, Barlam, Tamar F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778005/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1738