doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(75)90318-6.
Subacute and acute endocarditis due to Pseudomonas cepacia in heroin addicts
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Subacute and acute endocarditis due to Pseudomonas cepacia in heroin addicts
Am J Med.
1975 Jul.
Abstract
Five heroin addicts were treated for endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas cepacia. Two of these infections occurred in patients with no known heart disease whereas the others occurred at sites of previous endocarditis or valve prostheses. Infection was indolent in four patients but was associated with shock and skin lesions suggestive of ecthyma gangrenosum in the fifth. After failure of chloramphenicol and kanamycin, all patients were treated with a combination of sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim and polymyxin plus heart valve resection or replacement.
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