Echocardiography has minimal yield and may not be warranted in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia without clinical risk factors for endocarditis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1231-1236

  Heriot, G ^a   Yeoh, J ^a   Street, A ^a   Ratnam, I ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; COMPLICATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939966901     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2352-7     Document Type: Article

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