期刊
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
卷 217, 期 2, 页码 102-109出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51623
关键词
Bacterial infections; Cardiovascular infections; Addiction; Harm reduction; Substance-related disorders; Anti-infective agents; Substance abuse; intravenous
资金
- Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Fund
- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- NHMRC
Providing patient-centred multidisciplinary care is crucial for managing invasive infections in people who inject drugs, in order to engage them in care and deliver evidence-based management and preventive strategies. A multidisciplinary team should include professionals from various fields to address comorbid conditions that may contribute to the patient's presentation. People who inject drugs have various options for antimicrobial delivery, allowing for patient-centred customization beyond prolonged hospital admissions.
There has been a global increase in the burden of invasive infections in people who inject drugs (PWID). It is essential that patient-centred multidisciplinary care is provided in the management of these infections to engage PWID in care and deliver evidence-based management and preventive strategies. The multidisciplinary team should include infectious diseases, addictions medicine (inclusive of alcohol and other drug services), surgery, psychiatry, pain specialists, pharmacy, nursing staff, social work and peer support workers (where available) to help address the comorbid conditions that may have contributed to the patient's presentation. PWID have a range of antimicrobial delivery options that can be tailored in a patient-centred manner and thus are not limited to prolonged hospital admissions to receive intravenous antimicrobials for invasive infections. These options include discharge with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, long-acting lipoglycopeptides (dalbavancin and oritavancin) and early oral antimicrobials. Open and respectful discussion with PWID including around harm reduction strategies may decrease the risk of repeat presentations with injecting-related harms. center dot center dot center dot center dot center dot
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