A controlled-release oral opioid supports S. aureus survival in injection drug preparation equipment and may increase bacteremia and endocarditis risk

• Katherine J. Kasper,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Canada

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• Iswarya Manoharan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada

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• Brian Hallam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Canada

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• Charlotte E. Coleman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Canada

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• Sharon L. Koivu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Western University, London, Canada

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• Matthew A. Weir,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada

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• John K. McCormick,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3742-7289

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• Michael S. Silverman

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: michael.silverman@sjhc.london.on.ca

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Canada, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Division of Infectious Diseases, Western University, London, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-7656

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