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Simplified risk stratification criteria for identification of patients with MRSA bacteremia at low risk of infective endocarditis: implications for avoiding routine transesophageal echocardiography in MRSA bacteremia

The aim of this study was to identify patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia with low risk of infective endocarditis (IE) who might not require routine trans-esophageal echocardiography (TEE). We retrospectively evaluated 398 patients presenting with MRSA bactere...

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Autores principales: Buitron de la Vega, P., Tandon, P., Qureshi, W., Nasr, Y., Jayaprakash, R., Arshad, S., Moreno, D., Jacobsen, G., Ananthasubramaniam, K., Ramesh, M., Zervos, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4724372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26676855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-015-2539-y