title: Bilateral pyopneumothorax secondary to intravenous drug abuse.
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.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Surgical Division, Washington D.C.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Zorc
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slakey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes