Bacteremia and Nodular Soft Tissue Infection in a Person Who Uses Tap Water to Inject Drugs.

Open Forum Infect Dis

Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Published: January 2021

The ongoing North American epidemic of intravenous opioid and methamphetamine use increases the occurrence of bacteremia from environmental organisms. In this study, we report a case of bacteremia and associated nodular soft tissue infection in a person who uses tap water to inject drugs.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7793457PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa580DOI Listing

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