Shivakumar Narayanan, Edward C. Traver, Aaron David Greenblatt
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Abstract
We present a case of pseudocellulitis in a patient with chronic wounds from active injection drug use and edema and edema from secondary amyloidosis and highlight diagnostic challenges and approaches to differentiate infection from vascular and other noninfectious causes as well as the opportunity to intervene at a reachable moment to try to mitigate risk related to injection drug use.
期刊介绍：
Medical professionals seeking an infectious diseases journal with true clinical value need look no further than Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. Here, clinicians can get full coverage consolidated into one resource, with pertinent new developments presented in a way that makes them easy to apply to patient care. From HIV care delivery to Hepatitis C virus testing…travel and tropical medicine…and infection surveillance, prevention, and control, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice delivers the vital information needed to optimally prevent and treat infectious diseases. Indexed/abstracted in: EMBASE, SCOPUS, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
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