Reemergence of Intravenous Drug Use as Risk Factor for Candidemia, Massachusetts, USA
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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 accompanying IVDU became considerably rarer as the purity of the heroin supply increased. We reviewed cases...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2404.171807