Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers: clinical challenges emerging from a single-centre experience

BACKGROUND: Intravenous drug abuse (IDA) is a known risk factor for infective endocarditis (IE) and is associated with frequent relapses, but its prognostic impact is still debated. The potential futility of surgery in this population is a further issue under discussion. We aimed to describe the cli...

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Autores principales: Scheggi, Valentina, Del Pace, Stefano, Ceschia, Nicole, Vanni, Francesco, Merilli, Irene, Sottili, Edoardo, Salcuni, Leonardo, Zoppetti, Nicola, Alterini, Bruno, Cerillo, Alfredo, Marchionni, Niccolò, Stefàno, Pier Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34579674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06697-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34579674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06697-1

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