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  1. 1. Överdoser, försörjningsstrategier och riskhantering : livsvillkor för personer som injicerar narkotika

    Författare :Torkel Richert; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :injecting drug use; heroin; amphetamine; risk taking; overdose; women drug users; social vulnerability; harm reduction;

    Sammanfattning : People who inject illegal drugs constitute a vulnerable group in society. Their vulnerability can partly be explained by the negative consequences of the drug use itself and the particular risks associated with injecting, but also by society’s negative view of, and harsh attitude towards, drug users. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Drug use, mortality and outcomes among drug users in the general population and in methadone maintenance treatment

    Författare :Ingrid Davstad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The two general aims of this thesis were to longitudinally analyse the association between drug use experience among young men and mortality and socio-economic situation up to late middle age and secondly the impact of methadone maintenance treatment on opiate dependents life course. Study I and II were based on a cohort of 48 024 of 50 465 men, born in 1949-51 and compulsory conscripted in 1969/70. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Infectious endocarditis, aspects on pathogenesis, diagnosis and prognosis

    Författare :Anders Thalme; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Endocarditis; diagnosis; prognosis; outcome; criteria; echocardiography; TEE; injecting druguse; S aureus; internalization; FnBP; endothelial cells;

    Sammanfattning : The incidence of infectious endocarditis (IE) is estimated to 5.9/100.000 inhabitants and year. In recent years there has been an improvement in prognosis mainly due to more sensitive echocardiographic methods and surgery in the acute phase of the infection. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The spread of HIV in Europe: Hidden epidemics and other barriers to universal access to prevention, treatment and care

    Författare :Jeffrey Lazarus; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; central Europe Europe; eastern; AIDS Antiretroviral therapy Delivery of health care Harm reduction Health policy Hepatitis B – prevention and control Hepatitis C – prevention and control HIV infections – prevention and control Midwifery Migrants and non-nationals Tuberculosis – prevention and control Asia;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction An estimated 2.4 [1.8–3.2] million people in the WHO European Region now live with HIV, and none of the Region’s 53 countries have been spared. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Role of Zinc in Leishmaniasis and Tuberculosis

    Författare :Miguel Guzman; Tillämpad biokemi; []
    Nyckelord :Cutaneous leishmaniasis; tuberculosis; zinc supplementation; lymphocytes; cell proliferation; INF-γ; CD4 CD8 ratio;

    Sammanfattning : The synergistic relation between nutritional deficiency and infection may have negative effects on the immune system, making individuals more vulnerable to infection. Zinc can affect the resistance to infections by modulating cytokine release, and by acting as a cofactor of thymulin, which induces the differentiation of immature T lymphocytes. LÄS MER