Intravenous Drug Abuse by Patients Inside the Hospital: A Cause for Sustained Bacteremia

Patients with history of intravenous drug abuse are noted to be at risk of several infections including HIV, endocarditis, and other opportunistic infections. We report the case of a patient with sustained Bacillus cereus bacteremia despite use of multiple antibiotic regimens during his inpatient st...

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Autores principales: Goel, Noopur, Munshi, Lubna Bashir, Thyagarajan, Braghadheeswar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1738742
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description Patients with history of intravenous drug abuse are noted to be at risk of several infections including HIV, endocarditis, and other opportunistic infections. We report the case of a patient with sustained Bacillus cereus bacteremia despite use of multiple antibiotic regimens during his inpatient stay. Our case highlights the importance of high suspicion for active drug use inside the hospital in such patients. This is important in order to minimize unnecessary diagnostic workup and provide adequate treatment and safe hospital stay for these patients.
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spelling pubmed-49405122016-07-18 Intravenous Drug Abuse by Patients Inside the Hospital: A Cause for Sustained Bacteremia Goel, Noopur Munshi, Lubna Bashir Thyagarajan, Braghadheeswar Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Patients with history of intravenous drug abuse are noted to be at risk of several infections including HIV, endocarditis, and other opportunistic infections. We report the case of a patient with sustained Bacillus cereus bacteremia despite use of multiple antibiotic regimens during his inpatient stay. Our case highlights the importance of high suspicion for active drug use inside the hospital in such patients. This is important in order to minimize unnecessary diagnostic workup and provide adequate treatment and safe hospital stay for these patients. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4940512/ /pubmed/27433362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1738742 Text en Copyright © 2016 Noopur Goel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Intravenous Drug Abuse by Patients Inside the Hospital: A Cause for Sustained Bacteremia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1738742
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