       Document 0759
 DOCN  M9440759
 TI    Preliminary results of an interdisciplinary survey of drug victims.
 DT    9404
 AU    Keul HG; Schafer V; Lorcher U; Schneider M; Lutz FU; Reuhl J;
       Senckenbergisches Zentrum der Pathologie, Johann Wolfgang;
       Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
 SO    Forensic Sci Int. 1993 Nov;62(1-2):147-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94131375
 AB    In an interdisciplinary study, 53 cases of drug-related death were
       investigated. Forty per cent of these cases exhibited acute or chronic
       hepatitis; foreign body granulomas were detected in 30%. By CT-scan of
       the left lung, small abscesses and pneumonic focuses could be localized.
       The spectrum of bacterial strains isolated from lung tissue did not
       differ significantly from that of a control group. Severe alterations of
       the testes, i.e. reduction of spermatogenesis, was present in a
       considerable number of cases. The high rate of myocarditis diagnosed
       (18%) supports the idea that besides acute intoxication, drug-related
       death is due to multifactorial origin.
 DE    Acute Disease  Adult  Case-Control Studies  Cause of Death  Chronic
       Disease  Comorbidity  Data Collection  Female  Forensic Medicine
       Granuloma, Foreign-Body/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY
       Hepatitis/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Lung
       Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY/  RADIOGRAPHY
       Male  Middle Age  Myocarditis/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Patient
       Care Team  Risk Factors  Substance Use
       Disorders/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*MORTALITY  Testicular
       Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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