Impact of pre-operative antimicrobial treatment on microbiological findings from endocardial specimens in infective endocarditis

Treatment of infective endocarditis (IE) should be initiated promptly. This might hamper the chances to identify the causative organism in blood cultures. Microbiological sampling of infected valve in patients undergoing surgery might identify the causative organism. The impact of pre-operative anti...

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Autores principales: Halavaara, Mika, Martelius, Timi, Järvinen, Asko, Antikainen, Jenni, Kuusela, Pentti, Salminen, Ulla-Stina, Anttila, Veli-Jukka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6394703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30680557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-03451-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6394703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30680557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-03451-5

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