Table 2 Infectious disease diagnoses and co-morbidities in 344 hospitalizations among 216 IVDU*
From: Appropriateness of antibiotic treatment in intravenous drug users, a retrospective analysis
| Â | n (%) |
|---|---|
Types of infectious disease diagnoses†: |  |
   Skin and soft tissue infection | 129 (37.5) |
   Pneumonia | 75 (21.8) |
   Endocarditis | 54 (15.7) |
   Bone and joint infections | 50 (14.5) |
   Septic thrombosis | 36 (10.5) |
   Primary sepsis without focus | 26 (7.6) |
   Various infections | 75 (21.8) |
Number of simultaneous infections: | Â |
   one infection | 258 (75.0) |
   two infections | 70 (20.3) |
   three or more infections | 16 (4.7) |
Number of hospitalizations where surgical intervention was required | 110 (32.0) |
Comorbidities†: |  |
   Major psychiatric disease | 52 (15.1) |
   Alcohol addiction | 55 (16.0) |
   Nicotin addiction | 265 (77.0) |
   HIV infection | 120 (34.9) |
   Chronic hepatitis B | 47 (13.7) |
   Hepatitis C | 268 (77.9) |
   Anemia | 157 (45.5) |
   Deep venous thrombosis (non-septic) | 23 (6.7) |