A patient full of surprises: a body packer with cocaine intoxication, pneumococcal pneumonia and HIV infection

BACKGROUND: Smuggling of illegal drugs by hiding them inside one’s own body, also called body packing, is a worldwide phenomenon. Cocaine is the most frequently transported drug. Body packing is a potentially lethal practice. The most serious complications of body packing are gastrointestinal obstru...

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Autores principales: Luginbühl, Miriam, Junker, Timo, Keller, Dagmar I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30180803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-018-0180-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30180803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-018-0180-7

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