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Bilateral pyopneumothorax secondary to intravenous drug abuse
T G Zorc1, A E O'Donnell, R W Holt
1Georgetown University Surgical Division, Washington D.C.
Chest
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
An intravenous drug abuser presented with bilateral pyopneumothoraces and bacteremia which is a previously unreported complication of jugular vein self-injection. The patient sustained direct pleural trauma and resultant infection by injecting herself with contaminated needles.