High-Risk Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs: Are New Bloodstream Infections a Complication and Marker?

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2013102. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13102.

Authors

Andrew J Stewardson¹, Steven Y C Tong²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
² Victorian Infectious Disease Service, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 32785631
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13102

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MeSH terms

Biomarkers
Endocarditis* / epidemiology
Humans
Pharmaceutical Preparations*
Sepsis*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous* / complications
Substance Abuse, Intravenous* / epidemiology

Substances

Biomarkers
Pharmaceutical Preparations