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When is an abscess more than an abscess? Syringe services programs and the harm reduction safety-net: a case report
- Source :
- Harm Reduction Journal, Harm Reduction Journal, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) are able to offer wrap-around services for people who inject drugs (PWID) and improve health outcomes. Case presentation A 47-year-old man screened positive for a skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) at an SSP and was referred to a weekly on-site student-run wound care clinic. He was evaluated by first- and third-year medical students, and volunteer attending physicians determined that the infection was too severe to be managed on site. Students escorted the patient to the emergency department, where he was diagnosed with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus arm abscess as well as acute HIV infection. Conclusion Student-run wound care clinics at SSPs, in conjunction with ongoing harm reduction measures, screenings, and treatment services, provide a safety-net of care for PWID and help mitigate the harms of injection drug use.
- Subjects :
- Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Syringe services program
Safety net
030508 substance abuse
Medicine (miscellaneous)
HIV Infections
Case Report
Health outcomes
03 medical and health sciences
Wound care
0302 clinical medicine
Harm Reduction
Vancomycin
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Abscess
PWID
Syringe
Harm reduction
business.industry
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Soft Tissue Infections
SSTI
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Correction
lcsh:RA1-1270
Emergency department
Middle Aged
Staphylococcal Infections
Opioid-Related Disorders
medicine.disease
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Buprenorphine
Needle-Exchange Programs
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health psychology
Doxycycline
Student clinic
Medical emergency
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14777517
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8ccc4a72c040c635db616ecc11c6bf42