Cotton fever is a condition marked by fever that follows intravenous drug use in which cotton has been used to filter the drug. It results from an endotoxin released by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans, which lives on cotton plants and can be introduced into the bloodstream through this filtering practice.
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ICD-10 ChapterXIX: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Causative Agent
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Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
2. Wikipedia: Cotton fever
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The condition derives from an endotoxin released by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans which lives in cotton plants.
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The condition derives from an endotoxin released by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans which lives in cotton plants.
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