TY - JOUR
T1 - Injection-Related Infections and Self-treatment Practices Among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Appalachia
AU - Fanucchi, Laura C.
AU - Havens, Jennifer R.
AU - Fahmy, Matthew
AU - Young, April M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
PY - 2025/4/1
Y1 - 2025/4/1
N2 - In this study of self-reported serious injection-related infections among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachia (n = 463), 50% reported reusing syringes/needles, 70.6% ever had an injection-site abscess, and 44.4% of those with a recent abscess took nonprescribed antibiotics. The study identifies opportunities to improve harm reduction services.
AB - In this study of self-reported serious injection-related infections among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachia (n = 463), 50% reported reusing syringes/needles, 70.6% ever had an injection-site abscess, and 44.4% of those with a recent abscess took nonprescribed antibiotics. The study identifies opportunities to improve harm reduction services.
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U2 - 10.1093/ofid/ofaf197
DO - 10.1093/ofid/ofaf197
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105003680485
SN - 2328-8957
VL - 12
JO - Open Forum Infectious Diseases
JF - Open Forum Infectious Diseases
IS - 4
M1 - ofaf197
ER -
