How do you manage gram-negative bacteremia in a patient with an aortic bypass graft, for whom there is low clinical suspicion for active graft infection?
Tabaja et al., PMID 38635420
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Infectious Disease · UT Southwestern School of Medicine
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This is a very nuanced question, and thus, there is no perfect answer. If there is low suspicion for graft infection and the bacteria is not commonly associated with biofilms (like a simple E. coli) and the bacteremia clears quickly, I would likely treat for a couple of weeks and monitor (and even c...
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