The use of prescribed opioid analgesics & the risk of serious infections

Future Microbiol. 2018 Jun 1;13(8):849-852. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0101. Epub 2018 Jun 13.
No abstract available

Keywords: immunosuppression; opioid analgesics; serious infections.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Infections / epidemiology
  • Infections / etiology*
  • Infections / immunology
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / etiology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / ethnology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / etiology*
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid