Do you routinely order karius in evaluation of culture negative prosthetic valve endocarditis?
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Infectious Disease · Saint Francis Hospital
Don’t “routinely” order Karius test. Rarely, in culture-negative suspected endocarditis, especially if a prosthetic valve is present. Once for suspected culture-negative aortic graft infection. 3x for culture-negative meningitis.
Likely to become more frequent but adoption very dependent on cost an...
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Infectious Disease · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
No. I usually wait for pathology and sequencing.
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Infectious Disease · University of Maryland
Not routine although a lot of that is due to financial barriers at our institution. Likely to become more common practice as most recent Duke Endocarditis guidelines endorse it for C. burnetii, Bartonella spp. and T. whipplei.