Increases in fatal drug poisonings and hepatitis C infections associated with the opioid epidemic are relatively well defined, because passive surveillance systems for these conditions exist. Less described is the association between the opioid epidemic and skin, soft-tissue, and venous infections (SSTVIs), endocarditis, sepsis, and osteomyelitis.

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阿片类药物流行病的传染病后遗症的发病率，死亡率和住院费用趋势。

与阿片类药物流行有关的致命药物中毒和丙型肝炎感染的增加相对明确，因为存在针对这些情况的被动监视系统。阿片类药物流行与皮肤，软组织和静脉感染（SSTVIs），心内膜炎，败血症和骨髓炎之间的关联较少描述。