Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Persons Who Inject Drugs - Six Sites, 2005–2016

The ongoing opioid epidemic is associated with increases in human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C infections and infection syndromes such as endocarditis. Persons who inject drugs were an estimated 16.3 times more likely to develop invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) i...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2018, Vol.67 (22), p.617-628
Main Authors: Jackson, Kelly A, Bohm, Michele K, Brooks, John T, Asher, Alice, Nadle, Joelle, Bamberg, Wendy M, Petit, Sue, Ray, Susan M, Harrison, Lee H, Lynfield, Ruth, Dumyati, Ghinwa, Schaffner, William, Townes, John M, See, Isaac
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Bacterial infections
Demographics
Drug abuse
Drug resistance
Drug use
Drugs
Endocarditis
Epidemics
Flora
Health care
Hepatitis
Hepatitis C
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Injection
Injury prevention
Methicillin
Narcotics
Opioids
Population
Public health
Risk factors
Skin
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus infections
Surveillance
Trends
Viruses
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Summary:The ongoing opioid epidemic is associated with increases in human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C infections and infection syndromes such as endocarditis. Persons who inject drugs were an estimated 16.3 times more likely to develop invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections than others. Invasive MRSA from injecting drugs increased from 4.1% of invasive MRSA cases to 9.2% (2011-2016). Increases in nonsterile injection drug use can cause increases in MRSA infections, underscoring the importance of public health interventions, including prevention of opioid misuse, providing medication-assisted treatment, syringe services programs, and education on safer injection practices to prevent infections from skin flora.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X