Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis in drug addicts
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis in drug addicts.
Bacterial endocarditis is a serious medical complication of heroin addiction and should be suspected in any addict with a fever and positive blood cultures. However, gram-negative bacteria, and particularly Pseudomonas aeruginosa, are uncommon causes of bacterial endocarditis and their presence in a blood culture may be dismissed as a contaminant or as originating from another site. Therefore, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Heart Journal
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0002-8703
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(74)90240-3