Prevalence and recurrence of bacteraemia in hospitalised people who inject drugs - a single Centre retrospective cohort study in Denmark.
Sara ThønningsFilip JansåkerChristoffer SundqvistRebekka Faber ThudiumSusanne Dam NielsenJenny Dahl KnudsenPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
In hospitalised PWID, bacteraemia was found in 22.6% and was associated with at higher mortality. The most common microorganism of bacteraemia was S. aureus. Psychiatric comorbidity was significantly associated with a lower risk of bacteraemia.