Bacterial Infections Associated With Substance Use Disorders, Large Cohort of United States Hospitals, 2012-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rises in the incidence of bacterial infections, such as infective endocarditis (IE), have been reported in conjunction with the opioid crisis. However, recent trends for IE and other serious infections among persons with substance use disorders (SUDs) are unknown.

Methods

Using the Premier Healthcare Database, we identified hospitalizations from 2012 through 2017 among adults with primary discharge diagnoses of bacterial infections and secondary SUD diagnoses, using International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification Ninth and Tenth Revision codes. We calculated annual rates of infections with SUD diagnoses and evaluated temporal trends. Blood and cardiac tissue specimens were identified from IE hospitalizations to describe the microbiology distributio

SUBMITTER: McCarthy NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7900878 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature