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Since September of 1972, the Drug Dependence Treatment Unit has been screening its narcotic addict patients for the hepatitis-associated antigen (HAA). Among a random population of 243 patients, 2% were positive HAA, a relatively high incidence.
Monthly eosinophil counts were taken from 40 patients while they were undergoing narcotic maintenance. The overall results indicate that there was relatively little change in the eosinophil values throughout the six-month period. This hospital found, however, that there was a positive correlation between elevated eosinophil counts and heavy illicit drug use. This seems to indicate a correlation between intravenous drug use and a high eosinophil count.
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