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  • Infectious Diseases
  • Spinal Infections
  • Public Health

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  • Pyogenic spinal infections present unique challenges in patient management.
  • Understanding demographic and comorbidity differences is crucial for optimizing care.
  • Intravenous drug abuse (IVDA) is a growing concern in healthcare settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare patient factors, presentation, treatment, and outcomes of pyogenic spinal infections between intravenous drug users (IVDA) and non-users (non-IVDA).
  • To identify distinct characteristics and healthcare needs of these two patient populations.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective case series analysis of patients with primary pyogenic spinal infections.
  • Exclusion of postsurgical infections.
  • Statistical comparison of demographic, clinical, and outcome data between IVDA and non-IVDA groups using RStudio.

Main Results:

  • The study included 50 patients; 14% were IVDA.
  • IVDA patients were significantly younger (mean age 50.6 vs. 61.9 years) and had higher rates of smoking and psychiatric disorders.
  • Non-IVDA patients were more likely to have comorbidities like diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and malignancy.

Conclusions:

  • Two distinct patient populations emerged: younger IVDA patients with psychiatric issues and older non-IVDA patients with medical comorbidities.
  • IVDA patients experienced challenges in accessing continued psychiatric and addiction treatment post-discharge.
  • Further research with larger sample sizes is needed to explore healthcare resource consumption differences.