Stretching the Scope — Becoming Frontline Addiction-Medicine Providers

On our infectious diseases (ID) consult service, we recently cared for Mr. C. a young man with Staphylococcus aureus tricuspid valve endocarditis, septic arthritis, and empyema that were consequences of his opioid use disorder (OUD). Several years earlier, he had started taking oxycodone at…

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