Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: using echocardiography to guide length of therapy.
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.
Kim
Alice I
AI
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Adal
Karim A
KA
Schmitt
Steven K
SK
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents