A patient full of surprises: a body packer with cocaine intoxication, pneumococcal pneumonia and HIV infection

A patient full of surprises: a body packer with cocaine intoxication, pneumococcal pneumonia and HIV infection

Abstract Background Smuggling of illegal drugs by hiding them inside one’s own body, also called body packing, is a worldwide phenomenon. Cocaine is the most frequently transported drug. Body packing is a potentially lethal practice. The most serious complications of body packing are gastrointestina...

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Main Authors: Miriam Luginbühl, Timo Junker, Dagmar I. Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Body packer
Cocaine
Sepsis
Human immunodeficiency virus
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-018-0180-7

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