Cotton fever resulting in Enterobacter asburiae endocarditis
Munib J. Francis,
Justin Chin,
Christine M. Lomiguen,
Allison Glaser
Affiliations
Munib J. Francis
Department of Primary Care, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, 230 West 125thStreet, New York, NY 10027 United States
Justin Chin
Department of Primary Care, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, 230 West 125thStreet, New York, NY 10027 United States; Corresponding author at: OMS-IV, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, 230 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027, United States.
Christine M. Lomiguen
Department of Pathology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1858 West Grandview Boulevard, Erie, PA 16509 United States
Allison Glaser
Department of Infectious Disease, Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305 United States
“Cotton fever” is described as a self-limiting illness following “cotton shooting,” the practice of injecting residual drugs extracted from previously used cotton filters. Cases of related Enterobacter agglomerans bacteremia have been described. We report the first described case of cotton fever in a patient resulting in Enterobacter asburiae endocarditis. Keywords: Cotton fever, Bacteremia, Enterobacter, Endocarditis, Injection drug use, Withdrawal
