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Increasing Hospitalizations for Injection Drug Use-Related Infective Endocarditis
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Title Increasing Hospitalizations for Injection Drug Use-Related Infective Endocarditis
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/566469?src=rss
Description The number of hospitalizations for infective endocarditis related to injection drug use increased significantly in the US between 2000 and 2003, according to new data. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Emergency Medicine
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Date Nov 28, 2007
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