Nationwide Increase in the Number of Hospitalizations for Illicit Injection Drug Use-Related Infective Endocarditis
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- 1 November 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 45 (9) , 1200-1203
- https://doi.org/10.1086/522176
Abstract
Infective endocarditis is a potentially fatal consequence of illicit injection drug use. We estimate that the number of hospitalization for injectionKeywords
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