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Table 2 Distribution of hospitalizations for a cutaneous injection-related infection or related infectious complication*.

From: Determinants of hospitalization for a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study

 

Primary diagnosis

+1

+2

+3

+4

+5

+6

+7

+8

+9

+1&2

+1&4

1cellulitis

45

-

3

0

5

0

0

2

1

0

-

-

2abscess

9

1

-

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

-

3

3osteomyelitis

14

0

5

-

5

0

0

0

1

2

0

1

4staph.infection

18

3

0

1

-

4

0

0

0

0

1

-

5endocarditis

12

0

1

0

5

-

0

0

0

0

0

1

6septic arthritis

8

0

2

0

1

0

-

0

0

0

0

1

7ulcer

3

0

0

0

1

0

0

-

0

0

0

0

8thrombophlebitis

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

9myositis

1

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

-

0

0

 

+1&7

+2&4

+3&4

+3&7

+4&7

+5&4

+9&4

+ more than two diseases

1cellulitis

-

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

2abscess

0

-

2

0

0

1

1

4

3osteomyelitis

1

3

-

-

2

0

0

5

4staph.infection

0

-

-

0

-

-

-

15

5endocarditis

0

0

0

0

0

-

0

5

6septic arthritis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7ulcer

-

0

0

-

-

0

0

2

8thrombophlebitis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9myositis

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

0

  1. *According to ICD 10 codes. ICD 10 codes categorized into 9 diseases and listed from 1 to 9. First column refers to when disease listed as primary diagnosis. Other columns refer to multiple diseases reported, irrespective of whether event was primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, or quinary.