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Do you routinely recommend diagnostic endoscopy for patients with persistent enterococcus bacteremia despite receiving adequate antimicrobial therapy and no clear nidus?

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Infectious Disease · Hca Florida Aventura Hospital

It depends. Did you do an echocardiogram to rule out endocarditis? Urine cultures were negative? Gallbladder ultrasound was negative? CT of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast was negative?
Any other symptomatology that accompanied the recurrent episodes of enterococcus bacteremia that could help us...

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Infectious Disease · UMass Memorial Medical Center

Probably should more often but don't. The reason is the affected patients are often too fragile for an endoscopy and may be at high risk from the procedure. Given newer technologies this may be more feasible.

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Infectious Disease · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Yes, looking for an underlying malignancy.

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