Association of COVID-19 with endocarditis in patients with cocaine or opioid use disorders in the US
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 13, 2022
Incidence rate of new diagnosis of endocarditis among patients with and without opioid or cocaine use disorder between 2011 and 2022
The incidence rate of endocarditis (as measured by new cases per 1,000,000 person per day) among patients with OUD increased from 3.7 in 2011 to 30.1 in 2022 (trend test, P < 0.001). There was a plateau period between 2017 and 2020 followed by acceleration during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The incidence rate of endocarditis among patients with CocaineUD followed a similar time trend as that for patients with OUD (trend test . . .
