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. 2007 Nov 1;45(9):1200-3.
doi: 10.1086/522176. Epub 2007 Sep 25.

Nationwide increase in the number of hospitalizations for illicit injection drug use-related infective endocarditis

Hannah L F Cooper  1 , Joanne E Brady, Daniel Ciccarone, Barbara Tempalski, Karla Gostnell, Samuel R Friedman
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Nationwide increase in the number of hospitalizations for illicit injection drug use-related infective endocarditis

Hannah L F Cooper et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Infective endocarditis is a potentially fatal consequence of illicit injection drug use. We estimate that the number of hospitalization for injection drug use-related infective endocarditis increased by 38%-66% in the United States between 2000-2001 and 2002-2003, a period during which the number of at-risk persons (i.e., injection drug users) remained stable. Increasing methamphetamine use and/or drug injection frequency may have increased the incidence of infective endocarditis among active injection drug users.

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