Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Six Sites, 2005–2016 | MMWR

Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Six Sites, 2005–2016 | MMWR

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MMWR: Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections among persons who inject drugs—Six Sites, 2005-2016: In addition to HIV and hepatitis C, infections such as invasive MRSA are also associated with injection drug use. This study found that the proportion of invasive MRSA infections that occurred among people who inject drugs more than doubled from 2011 to 2016. For person who inject drugs, the risk of acquiring invasive MRSA infection can be reduced through community-based comprehensive syringe services programs that provide, where legal, access to sterile equipment used to inject drugs and their safe disposal, and education on safer injection practices, wound care, and early warning signs of serious infections associated with injection drug use.