Association Between Prescribed Opioids and Infections in Patients With Neutropenia and Cancer

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Feb 1;180(2):320-322. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4714.

Authors

Carolin E M Jakob¹, Melanie Stecher², Annika Y Claßen¹, Axel Hamprecht³, Oliver A Cornely¹, Jörg J Vehreschild⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I for Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany.
² German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
³ Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Oncology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Abstract

This nested case-control study examines the association of risk of infection with opioid use in immunocompromised patients.

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MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid
HIV Infections*
Humans
Neoplasms*
Neutropenia*
Pneumonia*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid