Prospective study of infective endocarditis among injection drug users.

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Published in J Infect Dis on May 31, 2002

Authors

Lucy E Wilson1, David L Thomas, Jacqueline Astemborski, Terri L Freedman, David Vlahov

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. lwilsond@jhsph.edu

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