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Care cascade for patients with opioid use disorder and serious injection related infections

Anand Upadhyayaa Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USAView further author information
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Laura R. Marksa Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA;b Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USAView further author information
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Evan S. Schwarzc Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA;d Division of Medical Toxicology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5015-2457View further author information
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Stephen Y. Lianga Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA;b Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA;c Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4652-2272View further author information
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Michael J. Durkina Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA;b Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USAView further author information
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David B. Lissc Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA;d Division of Medical Toxicology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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