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Infectious Disease • General Infectious Disease
Do you routinely obtain a TEE or vascular imaging in a patient with non-typhoid salmonella bacteremia without persistent bacteremia?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
No. Salmonella bacteremia is quite common, and endocarditis due to gram-negative bacillary bacteremia is extremely rare. If the patient has continuous bacteremia following treatment, both echocardiogram and vascular imaging would be appropriate.
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