XXXX in 101 consecutive suburban @entity2072 and opiate users.

@entity1 @entity4521 @entity1956 @entity2072 @entity99 @entity734
The records of 101 @entity2072 and/or heroin drug abusing @entity1 admitted consecutively to Fair Oaks Hospital were evaluated for history of IV @entity734 , antigen and serum antibody evidence of @entity1956 , and elevation of serum SGPT. One @entity1 , an IV user, had @entity1956 antigen present in his blood. No @entity1 had @entity99 (IgM) antibody present. Forty-five out of fifty-three (84.9%) IV abusers were Hep B Ab positive, while two out of twenty-nine non-IV abusers (6.9%) were positive. Twenty of fifty-three (43.4%) IV users had positive @entity99 Ab while one of twenty-nine (3.4%) of non-IV users were positive. Thirty-five of fifty-five (63.6%) IV users had elevated SGPT compared to five of forty-one (12.2%) in non-IV users. IV users tended to be older than non-IV users. The data presented in this article indicate that there is a greatly increased incidence of both @entity99 and B in IV drug users compared to non-IV users and that the @entity1956 incidence is increased in a far greater amount than could be expected in a normal population. The type of drug injected ( @entity4521 , other opiates, or @entity2072 ) was not an important determinant. The presence of @entity1956 antibodies in any drug abusing @entity1 who denies IV use is a strong indication that they may not be telling the truth about their past @entity734 . It makes little difference whether drug abusing @entity1 live in the inner city or the suburbs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
