TY - JOUR T1 - Drug use-related right-sided infective endocarditis complicated by empyema and bronchopleural fistula JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2021-246663 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - e246663 AU - Lindsey M Shain AU - Taha Ahmed AU - Michele L Bodine AU - Jennifer G Bauman Y1 - 2022/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/15/1/e246663.abstract N2 - Right-sided infective endocarditis is frequently accompanied by septic pulmonary emboli, which may result in a spectrum of respiratory complications. We present the case of a 25-year-old woman diagnosed with infective endocarditis secondary to intravenous drug use. During a long and arduous hospital course, the patient developed empyema with bronchopleural fistula, representing severe but uncommon sequelae that may arise from this disease process. She was treated with several weeks of antibiotics as well as surgical thorascopic decortication and parietal pleurectomy. ER -