Clinical manifestations and outcome in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis among injection drug users and nonaddicts: a prospective study of 74 patients

BACKGROUND: Endocarditis is a common complication in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). We compared risk factors, clinical manifestations, and outcome in a large, prospective cohort of patients with S. aureus endocarditis in injection drug users (IDUs) and in nonaddicts. METHODS: Four hundred a...

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Autores principales: Ruotsalainen, Eeva, Sammalkorpi, Kari, Laine, Janne, Huotari, Kaisa, Sarna, Seppo, Valtonen, Ville, Järvinen, Asko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1584240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16965625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-137

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1584240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16965625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-137

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