Oral antibiotic therapy in people who inject drugs (PWID) with bacteraemia

Bacterial infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in people who inject drugs (PWID). Patients with bacteraemia have a particularly high risk of complications and are usually treated with intravenous antibiotics. Intravenous treatment is challenging in certain PWID because of diffic...

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Published in:	Swiss Medical Weekly
Main Authors:	Aurélien Emmanuel Martinez, Claude Scheidegger, Veronika Bättig, Stefan Erb
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2020-06-01
Subjects:	people who inject drugs PWID intravenous drug user IVDU injection drug users IDU
Online Access:	https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2805