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SUBMITTER: Young H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5102142 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Young Heather H Knepper Bryan C BC Price Connie S CS Heard Susan S Jenkins Timothy C TC
Open forum infectious diseases 20160928 4
In this prospective cohort with <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> bacteremia, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was performed in 24% of cases. Consulting Infectious Diseases physicians most frequently cited low suspicion for endocarditis due to rapid clearance of blood cultures and the presence of a secondary focus requiring an extended treatment duration as reasons for foregoing TEE. ...[more]