. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 16.

Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2012 Sep 27;48(1-2):54–64. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2012.722159

Table 1.

Experience with a Bacterial Infection (N =32)^*

Type of Bacterial Infection	n	%
Abscesses/bumps/lumps from injection	23	72
Endocarditis (heart infection)	5	16
Blood Sepsis (infection in the blood)	3	9
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)	3	9
Cellulitis (widespread skin infection)	2	6
Osteomyelitis (bone infection)	1	3

Note: These figures include the frequency of any mention of specific bacterial infections amongst participants and others they know. Personal experience with these infections is described in the Results section.