Is It Useful to Repeat Blood Cultures in Endocarditis Patients? A Critical Appraisal.

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)

Persistent infection at 7 days after appropriate antibiotic therapy is a better key event for prognosis then positive or negative blood cultures at 48-72 h. Therapy prolongation from the day of negative blood cultures is not reasonable. There is no need to survey blood cultures in endocarditis patients after starting therapy.

Keyphrases

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