Abstract Background No International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10),
diagnosis code exists for injection drug use–associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) …

Importance Although hospitalizations for injection drug use–associated infective
endocarditis (IDU-IE) have increased during the opioid crisis, utilization of and mortality …

Background Within the context of Canada's opioid crisis, medical complications associated
with intravenous drug use (IVDU) are increasing. Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious …

Background Injection drug use (IDU) is a growing public health threat in Virginia, though
there is limited knowledge of related morbidity. The purpose of this study was to describe the …

Background With the current opioid crisis in the United States, infectious complications
related to injection drug use are increasingly reported. Pennsylvania is at the epicenter of …

Background Addiction treatment and harm reduction services reduce risks of death and re-
infection among patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) …

Background: Rising rates of hospitalization for infective endocarditis (IE) have been
increasingly tied to rising injection drug use (IDU) associated with the opioid epidemic …

Materials and Methods: We constructed a cohort of patients whose hospital discharge
diagnosis included infective endocarditis. We reviewed 100 patients with incident infective …

Objectives: Infective endocarditis (IE) among people who inject drugs is associated with high
rates of mortality and repeat episodes of endocarditis. We sought to report on longer-term …

Background There has been an increase in the prevalence of drug abuse (DA) in the
national opioid epidemic. With increasing DA, there is an increased risk of infective …