A Complicated Case of Serratia marcescens Infective Endocarditis in the Era of the Current Opioid Epidemic

While bacteremia due to Serratia marcescens is not uncommon, it rarely causes infective endocarditis. We report an isolated case of a 53-year-old male with history of intravenous drug abuse who presented with multiple acute pain symptoms and was found to have S. marcescens bacteremia with septic emb...

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Main Authors: Ho-Man Yeung, Brijaé Chavarria, Dariush Shahsavari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5903589
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