Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Infective Endocarditis among Injecting Drug Users
Manoff S, Vlahov D, Herskowitz A, Solomon L, Munoz A, Cohn S, Willoughby S, Nelson K. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Infective Endocarditis among Injecting Drug Users. Epidemiology 1996, 7: 566-570. PMID: 8899380, DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199611000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHIV-seropositive subjectsImmunodeficiency virus infectionInfective endocarditisDrug usersCD4 cellsOdds ratioVirus infectionHistory of endocarditisRisk of endocarditisHIV-seronegative subjectsInjection drug useInjecting Drug UsersCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionRace/ethnicitySubsequent endocarditisOngoing cohortHIV infectionSerious complicationsHIV serostatusEnrollment dateLast visitCohort enrollmentEndocarditis cases