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Chest Swelling and Fever in an Intravenous Drug User

This case report describes a sternoclavicular infection in an IV drug user. The history and physical exam suggested an abscess. In the emergency department (ED) the patient refused incision and drainage but did consent to simple needle aspiration. Subsequent culture of the aspirate revealed Pseudomo...

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Autores principales: Grijalva, Ray A., Ritter, Mike, Langdorf, Mark I.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561717