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- Title
Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug users: a review article.
- Authors
Colville, Thomas; Sharma, Vishal; Albouaini, Khaled
- Abstract
Approximately 10% of infective endocarditis (IE) involves the right side of the heart with the majority of these cases occurring in intravenous drug users. Patients are less likely to present with classical IE signs of a new murmur and peripheral stigmata, are more frequently immunocompromised and often have significant social difficulties. These factors result in both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in this patient group that are not often seen in other patient populations with IE.
- Subjects
INFECTIVE endocarditis; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDIUM diseases; HEART murmurs; HEART sounds; HEART valve diseases
- Publication
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2016, Vol 92, Issue 1084, p106
- ISSN
0032-5473
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133648