The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care

We report a case of an intravenous drug user (IVDU) patient who had 4 episodes of endocarditis within a 2-year time period in rural Georgia. The institutional cost was approximately $380,000. The lack of an established transitional care plan for IVDUs to outpatient care is a common phenomenon at ins...

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Published in:IDCases
Main Authors: Libertin, Claudia R., Camsari, Ulas M., Hellinger, Walter C., Schneekloth, Terry D., Rummans, Teresa A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320052/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28239556
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.001
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