Mortality, morbidity, and cardiac surgery in Injection Drug Use (IDU)-associated versus non-IDU infective endocarditis: The need to expand substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction services.

Mortality, morbidity, and cardiac surgery in Injection Drug Use (IDU)-associated versus non-IDU infective endocarditis: The need to expand substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction services.

BACKGROUND:The addiction crisis is widespread, and unsafe injection practices among people who inject drugs (PWID) can lead to infective endocarditis. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of adult patients with definite or possible infective endocarditis admitted to a tertiary care center in Portland, M...

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Main Authors: Kinna Thakarar, Kristina E Rokas, F L Lucas, Spencer Powers, Elizabeth Andrews, Christina DeMatteo, Deirdre Mooney, Marcella H Sorg, August Valenti, Mylan Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225460

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