title: SMJ Response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine University of New Mexico Albuquerque.
authors.forename: Amy A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000069342:Medical Overuse