title: Recurrent infective endocarditis in a drug addict. Multiple separate episodes in nine years.
abstract: Multiple episodes of documented recurrent infective endocarditis occurred in an habitual drug abuser. The six recurrences represent the largest known number reported in a single patient. The case illustrates many characteristics of infective endocarditis and serves to emphasize that recurrent infections are likely if endocarditis risk factors are not eliminated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012306:Risk; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors