Cotton fever resulting in Enterobacter asburiae endocarditis

“Cotton fever” is described as a self-limiting illness following “cotton shooting,” the practice of injecting residual drugs extracted from previously used cotton filters. Cases of related Enterobacter agglomerans bacteremia have been described. We report the first described case of cotton fever in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Francis, Munib J., Chin, Justin, Lomiguen, Christine M., Glaser, Allison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00688
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Sumario:“Cotton fever” is described as a self-limiting illness following “cotton shooting,” the practice of injecting residual drugs extracted from previously used cotton filters. Cases of related Enterobacter agglomerans bacteremia have been described. We report the first described case of cotton fever in a patient resulting in Enterobacter asburiae endocarditis.

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