title: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: using echocardiography to guide length of therapy.
abstract: Echocardiography can help distinguish simple and uncomplicated bacteremias from true cases of infective endocarditis and guide the type and duration of antibiotic therapy in a more precise and cost-effective manner. Empiric long-term antibiotic therapy is no longer uniformly recommended for all cases of S aureus bacteremia, although experts disagree about the optimal length of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Alice I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Karim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Adal
authors.forename: Steven K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Schmitt
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents