Echocardiography has low utility in cancer patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: findings from a retrospective study.

Zoe LohOrtis EstacioAndrew GriggNatasha E HolmesGeoff ChongEliza A Hawkes

Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2018)

IE is infrequent in cancer patients with uncomplicated SAB and no risk factors for IE. Performing echocardiography routinely in all cancer patients with SAB rarely alters diagnosis or affects antibiotic management and therefore should be reserved for patients with specific risk factors.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
staphylococcus aureus
risk factors
left ventricular
squamous cell
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
heart failure
childhood cancer
escherichia coli
squamous cell carcinoma
young adults