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Septic pulmonary emboli. A rare cause of bilateral pneumothorax in drug abusers
J M Aguado1, R Arjona, P Ugarte
1Department of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases Unit), Marqués de Valdecilla National Hospital, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
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|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
An intravenous drug abuser presented with bilateral pneumothorax. This is a previously unreported (to our knowledge) complication of septic pulmonary emboli secondary to right-sided endocarditis. This possibility must be considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumothorax in drug addicts.