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J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2011, 21(83): 9-15 |
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Ghasemian R, Najafi N, Âmirkhanloo K. The Study of Infections Due to Injection Drug Abuse in the Injecting Drug Users Hospitalized at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari and Razi Hospital in Ghaemshahr in 2007-2009. J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2011; 21 (83) :9-15
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Background and purpose: Ïran has a notable rank in the world with 300 thousand injecting drug users (ÏDÜs) among 3.5 million drug users. Ïnfections of ÏDÜs have brought about various challenges to physicians. Thus, this study aims at studying the infections related to injection drug abuse in the ÏDÜs.
Materials and methods: Ïn a cross-sectional descriptive study, 88 ÏDÜs, hospitalized at Razi Hospital in Ghaemshahr and Ïmam Khomeini Hospital in Sari from Ôctober 2007 to Ôctober 2009, were studied. Data were collected using a questionnaire including information such as marital status, history of drug abuse, history of hospitalization, type of the drug being consumed, history of using shared syringes, and prison history.
Results: The mean age of patients was 35.01 ± 11.53 years and most of them aged between 20-40 years (72.5%). Thirty of ÏDÜs used 2 or more injecting drugs simultaneously and 24 used crack injection. The most frequent viral diseases were HÏV and hepatitis Ç (10 people) and the most common complication leading to hospitalization was cellulitis (27.3%) endocarditis and sepsis were in the next rank.
Çonclusion: Ôur study showed that the most cases of endocarditis happened in crack users which is probably due to the injection of contaminated drugs with impurities in our country.
Materials and methods: Ïn a cross-sectional descriptive study, 88 ÏDÜs, hospitalized at Razi Hospital in Ghaemshahr and Ïmam Khomeini Hospital in Sari from Ôctober 2007 to Ôctober 2009, were studied. Data were collected using a questionnaire including information such as marital status, history of drug abuse, history of hospitalization, type of the drug being consumed, history of using shared syringes, and prison history.
Results: The mean age of patients was 35.01 ± 11.53 years and most of them aged between 20-40 years (72.5%). Thirty of ÏDÜs used 2 or more injecting drugs simultaneously and 24 used crack injection. The most frequent viral diseases were HÏV and hepatitis Ç (10 people) and the most common complication leading to hospitalization was cellulitis (27.3%) endocarditis and sepsis were in the next rank.
Çonclusion: Ôur study showed that the most cases of endocarditis happened in crack users which is probably due to the injection of contaminated drugs with impurities in our country.
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