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Infectious disease diagnoses and co-morbidities in 344 hospitalizations among 216 IVDU* |
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| n (%) |
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| Types of infectious disease diagnoses†: |
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| Skin and soft tissue infection |
129 (37.5) |
| Pneumonia |
75 (21.8) |
| Endocarditis |
54 (15.7) |
| Bone and joint infections |
50 (14.5) |
| Septic thrombosis |
36 (10.5) |
| Primary sepsis without focus |
26 (7.6) |
| Various infections |
75 (21.8) |
| Number of simultaneous infections: |
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| one infection |
258 (75.0) |
| two infections |
70 (20.3) |
| three or more infections |
16 (4.7) |
| Number of hospitalizations where surgical intervention was required |
110 (32.0) |
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| Comorbidities†: |
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| Major psychiatric disease |
52 (15.1) |
| Alcohol addiction |
55 (16.0) |
| Nicotin addiction |
265 (77.0) |
| HIV infection |
120 (34.9) |
| Chronic hepatitis B |
47 (13.7) |
| Hepatitis C |
268 (77.9) |
| Anemia |
157 (45.5) |
| Deep venous thrombosis (non-septic) |
23 (6.7) |
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IVDU = Intravenous drug users. * seen by an ID during a period of 5 years. † 447 diagnoses among 344 hospital episodes. During one hospital episode more than one diagnosis and comorbidity can be documented | |
Mertz et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:42 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-42 |
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