title: Clinical features of drug use and drug use related HIV.
abstract: A variety of important medical problems, both non-infective and infective in nature, are associated with drug use. A number of micro-organisms are associated with the non-sterile nature of injection drug use (IDU) whilst a number of blood borne viruses, including retroviruses such as HIV, are easily transmitted to individuals involved in the sharing of injection equipment. Practitioners require knowledge of infection and non-infection related medical conditions associated with IDU since they may mimic each other.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Brettle
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D016485:Needle Sharing / Q000009:adverse effects; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology