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Injection drug induced septic embolism—A growing concern

Septic pulmonary embolism is an obstruction of the pulmonary vasculature due to embolization of an infected thrombus. In many instances, the etiology is cardiac in origin, given the increased prevalence of intravenous drug users in the United States. This condition usually presents with fever, chest...

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Autores principales: Kelson, Michael, Chaudhry, Asaad, Nguyen, Andrew, Girgis, Sameh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9520423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36188073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.08.057