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?

Would you recommend repeat surveillance blood cultures for patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis who have completed a 6-week course of antibiotic treatment without surgical intervention?

• Yes, I would recommend repeating blood cultures, especially if the initial infection involved high-risk factors like virulent organisms
• No, I would not repeat blood cultures unless there were clinical features of relapse
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