Reducing injection intensity is associated with decreased risk for invasive bacterial infection among high-frequency injection drug users

• Main Authors: Salequl Islam (Author), Damani A. Piggott (Author), Alberto Moriggia (Author), Jacquie Astemborski (Author), Shruti H. Mehta (Author), David L. Thomas (Author), Gregory D. Kirk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bacterial infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality for persons who inject drugs (PWID). Injection cessation may help abrogate such infections, but maintaining complete cessation is challenging. Limited data exists on the role of reduced injection intensity on invasiv...