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Infections in people who inject drugs

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Injection drug use is becoming increasingly common in Sub-Saharan Africa...and with it, the myriad of infectious complications. On this episode, Vin chats to Dr Evan Shoul about infections and some important considerations for managing patients who inject drugs.

About our Guest:

Dr Evan Shoul specialised as a consultant physician in Johannesburg and then completed his infectious diseases fellowship on the Wits circuit. He now works at the Netcare Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg and has a special interest in HIV and travel medicine.

Social media:

Twitter/X: @EvanShoul

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidelines for harm reduction:

From Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1161

https://sahivsoc.org/Files/Southern%20African%20HIV%20Clinicians%20Society%20guidelines%20for%20harm%20reduction.pdf

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Injection drug use is becoming increasingly common in Sub-Saharan Africa...and with it, the myriad of infectious complications. On this episode, Vin chats to Dr Evan Shoul about infections and some important considerations for managing patients who inject drugs.

About our Guest:

Dr Evan Shoul specialised as a consultant physician in Johannesburg and then completed his infectious diseases fellowship on the Wits circuit. He now works at the Netcare Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg and has a special interest in HIV and travel medicine.

Social media:

Twitter/X: @EvanShoul

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidelines for harm reduction:

From Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1161

https://sahivsoc.org/Files/Southern%20African%20HIV%20Clinicians%20Society%20guidelines%20for%20harm%20reduction.pdf

Visit the Microbe Mail website to sign up for updates

E-mail: mail.microbe@gmail.com

YouTube: Microbe Mail

Instagram: Microbe_Mail

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