Different drugs, different sides: injection use of opioids alone, and not stimulants alone, predisposes to right-sided endocarditis

OBJECTIVES: Many studies suggest that infective endocarditis (IE) in people who inject drugs is predominantly right sided, while other studies suggest left sided disease; few have differentiated by class of drug used. We hypothesised that based on differing physiological mechanisms, opioids but not...

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Autores principales: Johnstone, Rochelle, Khalil, Nadine, Shojaei, Esfandiar, Puka, Klajdi, Bondy, Lise, Koivu, Sharon, Silverman, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Special Populations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9328093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35878959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2021-001930

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9328093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35878959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2021-001930

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