title: Cardiac infection and sepsis in 3 intravenous bath salts drug users.
abstract: The street drug "bath salts" are psychoactive mixtures of cathinone derivatives. We report 3 cases of disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection with cardiac involvement (2 endocarditis and 1 pericarditis), secondary to intravenous bath salts use.
authors: College of Medicine, Upstate Medical University, New York, USA.
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Belton
authors: Tenzing
authors: T
authors: Sharngoe
authors: F Michael
authors: FM
authors: Maguire
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Polhemus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000506:poisoning*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000382:microbiology; D015198:Designer Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000506:poisoning; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D015198:Designer Drugs; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008694:Methamphetamine; C023665:cathinone; C548233:mephedrone; C400939:methylone
keywords: MRSA; S. aureus; bath salts; endocarditis; pericarditis