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Article de Périodique
Emerging and underrecognized complications of illicit drug use (2015)
Auteur(s) :
WURCEL, A. G. ;
MERCHANT, E. A. ;
CLARK, R. P. ;
STONE, D. R.
Année
2015
Page(s) :
1840-1849
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
76
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PAT (Pathologie organique / Organic pathology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
DESOMORPHINE
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
EFFET SECONDAIRE
;
INFECTION
;
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIE
;
PEAU
;
INJECTION
;
PHENOMENE EMERGENT
;
DROGUES DE SYNTHESE
;
CATHINONES
;
CANNABINOIDES
;
PIPERAZINES
;
SALVIA DIVINORUM
;
ADULTERANT
;
LEVAMISOLE
;
PNEUMOPATHIE
;
PATHOLOGIE ORGANIQUE
;
SYMPTOME
;
IMAGERIE MEDICALE
;
NEUROLOGIE
Résumé :
Illicit drug use can result in a wide range of medical complications. As the availability, synthesis, and popularity of illicit drugs evolve over time, new syndromes associated with their use may mimic infections. Some of these symptoms are anticipated drug effects, and others are complications of adulterants mixed with drugs or complications from the method of using drugs. Some illicit drugs are associated with rare infections, which are difficult to diagnosis with standard microbiological techniques. The goal of this review is to orient a wide range of clinicians-including general practitioners, emergency medicine providers, and infectious diseases specialists-to complications of illicit drug use that may be underrecognized. Improving awareness of infectious and noninfectious complications of illicit drug can expedite diagnosis and medical treatment of persons who use drugs and facilitate targeted harm reduction counseling to prevent future complications.
Affiliation :
Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Boston, MA, USA