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Table 3 Diagnoses responsible for admission

From: Hospital admissions and mortality due to complications of injection drug use in two hospitals in Regina, Canada: retrospective chart review

Diagnosis

Number of admissions

Percentage of admissions (%)

SSTIs

44

30

Bacteremia/sepsis

33

22

IE

26

17

Talcosis

23

15

Epidural abscess/diskitis

16

11

Septic arthritis

14

9

Osteomyelitis

10

7

Psychosis or other psychiatric diagnosis

3

2

Intoxication

3

2

Overdose

2

1

Withdrawal

1

1

AIDS

1

1