snake0613
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could you please tell what about IV drug user?
thanks
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| 99doc
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It implies the person who is using most likely addictive drugs & injecting them intravenously on his own that is they are not prescribed to him.
and that surely is not a very good thing to do.
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| tanisha
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Yup,its the person who is illegaly taking IV substances causing addictions(read substance abuse section is Behavioral science.)
And remember Staph aureus in exam whenever you come across to IV drug user.
Edited by tanisha on 06/19/05 - 08:05 PM
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| mjl1717
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This belongs in the pharm or behavioral science forum although tanisha is making it micro relevant!
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| tanisha
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Don't know really...
I saw few questions in which they have mentioned IV drug abusers in Qbank .
Especially IV drug user...plus some murmur...tricuspid valve.....staph aureus....
Or some skin thing...IV drug user..which bug....staph aureus.
Actuallly i guess they put questions such a way trying to integrate lot of things.
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| bactitech
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IV drug abusers have contact with microbiology through many cultures taken of infections (at site of injection). They can also end up with positive blood cultures due to injecting with unclean needles and having poor immune systems because they don't eat well and live in bad conditions. About a year ago I had a blood culture turn positive on the fourth day. The gram stain showed yeast, which ultimately turned out to be Cryptococcus neoformans. The doctor said the patient had signed herself out AMA and was reluctant to take the report. This is a pretty serious organism to have floating around in your blood.
IV drug abusers also get infected with Hepatitis B and C. They end up with endocarditis with various organisms - Staph. aureus being a common one.
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