| Abstract: To evaluation of common infections in Intravenous drug users (IVDU). In a descriptive-analytical study
that performed in Infection Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center of Tabriz form 2001-2011, 64 patients
(63 male & one female) with IVDUs and had infectious signs were enrolled in to the study. The mean age of
studied patients was 37.05±9.35 years. Heroin was the principle drug consumed by 78.125% of IVDUs. The most
common chief complaints of patients were referring to liver biopsy, cough and pain with 21.87%, 20.31% and
20.31%, respectively. The most involved organs were liver (31.25%), lung (25%) and lower extremities (18.75%).
Hepatitis 29.68%, skin infections 23.43%, pulmonary infections 21.87%, peripheral vascular infections 15.62%,
AIDS 4.68%, endocarditic 1.56%, epididimorchitis 1.56% and drug toxicity 1.56% were the infectious etiologies of
hospitalization in IVDUs. The most infections cause of IVDU hospitalization was hepatitis, skin infection and
pulmonary infections |