Pulmonary hypertension in first episode infective endocarditis among intravenous buprenorphine users: Case report

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-202

  Ho, Roger C M ^a   Ho, Emily C L ^b   Tan, Chay Hoon ^a   Mak, Anselm ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Intravenous buprenorphine misuse; Mortality; Pulmonary hypertension; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BUPRENORPHINE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 68249135789     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990902939719     Document Type: Article

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