We report 2 cases of infective endocarditis in injection drug users due to infection. Although cardiac involvement is a frequent sequela of brucellosis and endocarditis is often seen with injection drug use, endocarditis in persons who inject drugs without zoonotic exposure has not been reported to date.
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