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intravenous drug use Intravenous drug abuse The habitual IV injection of drugs of abuse Epidemiology In the US ± 2.5 million–population ± 235 million have used IVDs Infections Pyogenic–eg, endocarditis, pneumonia,
sepsis Common agents S pneumoniae, H influenzae, hepatitis–HBV, alcoholic, STD, TB How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Intravenous drug use is said to be the main source of infection. In this study, we looked retrospectively for PARV4 and PARV5 in blood samples from a similar cohort of persons, many of whom were known to be infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) (as determined by the presence of both HCV RNA and antibodies to HCV), and some of whom were intravenous drug users (IVDUs) (6). When peripheral veins become sclerosed as a result of a long history of injections, end-stage intravenous drug abusers often resort to injecting substances into deep cervical neck veins. |
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