RT Book, Section
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
SR Print(0)
ID 56055487
T1 Chapter 105. Cutaneous Manifestations of Drug Abuse
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166904-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56055487
RD 2024/10/08
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.