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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Decreased yield due ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Blood Culture Collection ... tract infection, endocarditis ... #Management #BloodCultures ... #Collection #Drawing ... #Protocol #Shapiro
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Coagulase-negative ... ischemic insult due ... Suspicion -> TEE • Duke ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #diagnosis #management