Crossroads of Care: Navigating Injection Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis
Stolear A, Dulgher M, Kaminsky L, Ramponi F, Lancaster G. Crossroads of Care: Navigating Injection Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis. Cureus 2024, 16: e62490. PMID: 39015851, PMCID: PMC11251736, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusInjection drug useAddiction medicine specialistsInfective endocarditisComplications of injection drug useActive injection drug useSubstance use disordersMedicine specialistsTricuspid valve repairPulmonary septic emboliTricuspid valve surgeryTricuspid valve vegetationManagement of IEIndividualized surgical interventionDrug useRecurrent IEAntibiotic coursesValve surgerySeptic emboliValve repairValve vegetationsAntibiotic therapySix-week follow-upSurgical interventionIllicit drug use