TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 105. Cutaneous Manifestations of Drug Abuse A1 - Naik, Haley A1 - Johnson, Richard Allen A2 - Goldsmith, Lowell A. A2 - Katz, Stephen I. A2 - Gilchrest, Barbara A. A2 - Paller, Amy S. A2 - Leffell, David J. A2 - Wolff, Klaus Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e AB - |PrintMucocutaneous Manifestations of Drug Abuse at a GlanceThe morphology and arrangement of skin lesions can identify persons with former and current drug dependency.Skin lesions associated with drug use can be related directly to the drug itself, mode of drug delivery, and/or adulterants or infectious agents mixed with the drug.Drug addiction-related bacterial infections predominantly involve the skin and soft tissue. Culture-guided antibiotic therapy is essential because infection with unusual organisms, antibiotic-resistant strains, and polymicrobes is more common.Behavioral effects of drug use can lead to the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases and blood-borne pathogens including Treponema pallidum, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and human T-lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/11 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56055487 ER -