Gram-negative endocarditis: disease presentation, diagnosis and treatment

E Bouza, P Muñoz, A Burillo - Current opinion in infectious …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The frequency of IE caused by GNB has been modified in recent years. HACEK episodes
are no longer treated with ampicillin and aminoglycosides. In non-HACEK GNB-IE …

Acute injection‐related infections requiring hospitalisation among people who inject drugs: clinical features, microbiology and management

FJ Langham, SJ Curtis, MJ Tang… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction People who inject drugs are at risk of hospitalisation with injection‐related
infections (IRI). We audited the clinical features, microbiology and management of IRI at a …

Comparative 1-Year Outcomes of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Persons With and Without Drug Use: An Observational Cohort Study

A Appa, M Adamo, S Le, J Davis… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Persons who use drugs (PWUD) face substantial risk of Staphylococcus aureus
infections. Limited data exist describing clinical and substance use characteristics of PWUD …

Dalbavancin in the treatment of bacteremia and endocarditis in people with barriers to standard care

L Ajaka, E Heil, S Schmalzle - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Dalbavancin is an antibiotic administered by intravenous infusion weekly or bi-
weekly and is currently FDA-approved only for treatment of skin and soft-tissue infections. It …

Substance use in pregnancy and its association with cardiovascular events

K Evans, P Wu, MA Mamas, C Irwin, P Kang, JH Perlow… - JACC: Advances, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Substance use and cardiovascular (CV) events are increasing among pregnant
women in the United States, but association between substance use in pregnancy and CV …

[HTML][HTML] People with lived and living experience of methamphetamine use and admission to hospital: what harm reduction do they suggest needs to be addressed?

C Forchuk, J Serrato, L Scott - Health Promotion and Chronic …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: Of the 114 people with lived and living experience of methamphetamine use
recruited for a mixed-methods study conducted in southwestern Ontario, Canada …

Can I safely discharge a patient with a substance use disorder home with a peripherally inserted central catheter?

A Appa, JA Barocas - NEJM evidence, 2022 - evidence.nejm.org
Amid the overdose crisis in the United States, serious injection-related infections, including
endocarditis and skin and soft tissue infections, are rising. Determining where a patient goes …

Identifying barriers and facilitators for implementing harm reduction strategies for methamphetamine use into hospital settings

C Forchuk, J Serrato, L Scott - Frontiers in Health Services, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Harm reduction strategies for substance use disorder are not currently offered in
Canadian hospitals. Previous research has suggested that substance use may continue to …

Different drugs, different sides: injection use of opioids alone, and not stimulants alone, predisposes to right-sided endocarditis

R Johnstone, N Khalil, E Shojaei, K Puka, L Bondy… - Open …, 2022 - openheart.bmj.com
Objectives Many studies suggest that infective endocarditis (IE) in people who inject drugs is
predominantly right sided, while other studies suggest left sided disease; few have …

How I manage severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs

AJ Stewardson, JS Davis, AJ Dunlop, SYC Tong… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Injecting drug use is a risk factor for severe bacterial infection, but there is
limited high-quality evidence to guide clinicians providing care to people who inject drugs …