Intravenous Drug Abuse by Patients Inside the Hospital: A Cause for Sustained Bacteremia

Patients with history of intravenous drug abuse are noted to be at risk of several infections including HIV, endocarditis, and other opportunistic infections. We report the case of a patient with sustained Bacillus cereus bacteremia despite use of multiple antibiotic regimens during his inpatient st...

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Main Authors: Noopur Goel, Lubna Bashir Munshi, Braghadheeswar Thyagarajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1738742
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