Mortality, morbidity, and cardiac surgery in Injection Drug Use (IDU)-associated versus non-IDU infective endocarditis: The need to expand substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction services

BACKGROUND: The addiction crisis is widespread, and unsafe injection practices among people who inject drugs (PWID) can lead to infective endocarditis. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of adult patients with definite or possible infective endocarditis admitted to a tertiary care center in Portland,...

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Autores principales: Thakarar, Kinna, Rokas, Kristina E., Lucas, F. L., Powers, Spencer, Andrews, Elizabeth, DeMatteo, Christina, Mooney, Deirdre, Sorg, Marcella H., Valenti, August, Cohen, Mylan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6879163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31770395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225460

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6879163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31770395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225460

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