Pulmonology

Endocarditis

Questions discussed in this category

Do you add adjunctive gentamicin and/or rifampin for treatment of prosthetic valve Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis?

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Do you routinely perform echocardiography in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia deemed low risk for metastatic infection, or do you selectively omit it based on specific clinical criteria?

Hendriks, et al., PMID 38576380

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Is there a role for repeat surveillance blood cultures in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis without associated cardiac abscess after a 6 week course of antibiotic treatment without surgical intervention?

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Papers discussed in this category

Circulation, 2015 Sep 15

Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association.

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2017 Feb 04

Surgical Versus Medical Therapy for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Meta-Analysis of 32 Studies.

European heart journal, 2023 Oct 14

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis.

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2016-06

Rifampin for Surgically Treated Staphylococcal Infective Endocarditis: A Propensity Score-Adjusted Cohort Study.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021 May 04

Is Rifampin Use Associated With Better Outcome in Staphylococcal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis? A Multicenter Retrospective Study.

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