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. 2025 Feb 3;12(3):ofaf061.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf061. eCollection 2025 Mar.

Association Between Inpatient Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Reduced One-Year All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Invasive Bacterial Infections

Nicholas J Blair  1   2 , Adam Kopp  1   2 , Christine Kubin  1   2 , Jesse Cotton  3 , Michael T Yin  1   2 , Matthew Scherer  1   2
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Association Between Inpatient Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Reduced One-Year All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Invasive Bacterial Infections

Nicholas J Blair et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Invasive bacterial infections are frequent causes of hospitalization among people who use opioids. We evaluated the association between inpatient administration of medication for opioid use disorder with one-year all-cause mortality in patients hospitalized with invasive bacterial infections.

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; buprenorphine; endocarditis; injection drug use; methadone; substance use disorder.

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Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts of interest.

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