Drug and alcohol dependenceHumansMaleFemaleRetrospective StudiesNew South Wales
The impact of opioid agonist treatment on the incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infection notifications among people with a history of opioid dependence in New South Wales, Australia: A retrospective data linkage study.
Olivia Price, Chrianna Bharat, Nicola R Jones, Amy Peacock, Phillip Read, Matthew Hickman, Louisa Degenhardt
Published: 202510.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112929
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Opioid dependence is a risk factor for bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The role of STI screening in opioid agonist treatment (OAT) services has not been evaluated. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of al…
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