Opioid Dependent Malingerer with Self-Induced Sepsis
A 21-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department (ED) with severe sepsis. Both the mechanism of infection and organisms discovered were unusual.
Main Authors: | Kelly A. Kesler, Mark I. Langdorf, Michael J. Burns |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2016-11-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1t4765wd |
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