Reemergence of Intravenous Drug Use as Risk Factor for Candidemia, Massachusetts, USA

Reemergence of Intravenous Drug Use as Risk Factor for Candidemia, Massachusetts, USA

The epidemic of illicit intravenous drug use (IVDU) in the United States has been accompanied by a surge in drug overdose deaths and infectious sequelae. Candida albicans infections were associated with injection of contaminated impure brown heroin in the 1970s–1990s; however, candidiasis accompanyi...

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Main Authors: Nongnooch Poowanawittayakom, Anamika Dutta, Shannon Stock, Sunkaru Touray, Richard T. Ellison, Stuart M. Levitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
candidemia
candidiasis
Candida albicans
intravenous substance abuse
heroin
endocarditis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/4/17-1807_article

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