Cardiac infection and sepsis in 3 intravenous bath salts drug users.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
The street drug "bath salts" are psychoactive mixtures of cathinone derivatives. We report 3 cases of disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection with cardiac involvement (2 endocarditis and 1 pericarditis), secondary to intravenous bath salts use.
Medical subject headings
- Alkaloids
- Designer Drugs
- Illicit Drugs
- Methamphetamine
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous