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Unequal access to opioid agonist treatment and sterile injecting equipment among hospitalized patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis

BACKGROUND: Addiction treatment and harm reduction services reduce risks of death and re-infection among patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE), but these are not offered at many hospitals. Among hospitalized patients with IDU-IE at the two tertiary-care hospital...

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Autores principales: Brothers, Thomas D., Mosseler, Kimiko, Kirkland, Susan, Melanson, Patti, Barrett, Lisa, Webster, Duncan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8791472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35081174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263156