Literature DB >> 3277809

Bilateral pyopneumothorax secondary to intravenous drug abuse.

T G Zorc1, A E O'Donnell, R W Holt, L S Pappas, J Slakey.   

Abstract

An intravenous drug abuser presented with bilateral pyopneumothoraces and bacteremia which is a previously unreported complication of jugular vein self-injection. The patient sustained direct pleural trauma and resultant infection by injecting herself with contaminated needles.

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Year:  1988        PMID： 3277809     DOI： 10.1378/chest.93.3.645

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Chest        ISSN： 0012-3692            Impact factor:   9.410


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Review 1.  Pulmonary complications of intravenous drug misuse. 1. Epidemiology and non-infective complications.

Authors:  C R Hind
Journal:  Thorax       Date:  1990-11       Impact factor: 9.139

Review 2.  The effects of opiates on the lung.

Authors:  P N Lao
Journal:  Clin Rev Allergy Immunol       Date:  1997       Impact factor: 8.667

3.  Hemopneumothorax in an intravenous drug abuser.

Authors:  A L Jackson; E Cornwell; F Daniels
Journal:  J Natl Med Assoc       Date:  1995-04       Impact factor: 1.798

4.  Synchronous bilateral VATS decortication for paediatric bilateral empyema.

Authors:  S Sivasubramanian; V Hjortdal; G A Cohen
Journal:  Pediatr Surg Int       Date:  2004-06-17       Impact factor: 1.827

5.  Pneumothorax secondary to septic pulmonary emboli in tricuspid endocarditis.

Authors:  J E Corzo; F Lozano de León; J Gómez-Mateos; L López-Cortes; R Vázquez; F García-Bragado
Journal:  Thorax       Date:  1992-12       Impact factor: 9.139
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