title: Is the polymerase chain reaction a useful tool or an expensive toy in culture-negative endocarditis?
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Millar
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures