Table 5: Life threatening infections in 80 injection drug users.
|
Staphylococcal Bacteremia and sepsis |
24 |
|
Endocarditis |
9 |
|
Vertebral osteomyelitis/ spinal epidural abscess |
8 |
|
Septic arthritis |
7 |
|
Polymicrobial bacteremia and sepsis |
2 |
|
Streptococcus intermedius bacteremia and sepsis |
1 |
|
Streptococcus constellatus bacteremia and sepsis |
1 |
|
Spinal cord infarction |
1 |
|
Pneumonia (one on ventilator) |
2 |
|
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis |
1 |