Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes of Intravenous Drug Use-Related Infective Endocarditis in Buprenorphine-Treated Patients

• Main Authors: Cavan O'Kane (Author), Kara Piechowski (Author), Abigail Hoff (Author), Wei Fang (Author), Zebulun Mallow (Author), Patrick Marshalak (Author), Sheena Burwell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: Intravenous drug use (IVDU) is an independent risk factor for infective endocarditis (IE). IVDU-related IE is associated with poor clinical outcomes, such as infection-related and drug abuse-related readmissions and mortality. Critical interventions to treat addiction, such as medication fo...