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High Morbidity and Mortality Among Patients With Sentinel Admission for Injection Drug Use-Related Infective Endocarditis

BACKGROUND: Hospitalizations for individuals with injection drug use-related infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) represent an increasing portion of all patients with endocarditis. This study describes the evolving trends in demographics, clinical characteristics, rates of surgical intervention, and mort...

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Autores principales: Leahey, P Alexander, LaSalvia, Mary T, Rosenthal, Elana S, Karchmer, Adolf W, Rowley, Christopher F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30949535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz089