Journal article
Endocarditis with Negative Blood Cultures
The New England journal of medicine, v 326(18), pp 1215-1217
30 Apr 1992
PMID: 1557096
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Abstract
Currently, in experienced laboratories and in the absence of recent antimicrobial therapy, infective endocarditis with negative blood cultures probably accounts for fewer than 5 percent of cases.4 Although an incorrect diagnosis is one explanation for the inability to isolate a microorganism from the blood of patients with presumed infective endocarditis, previous antimicrobial therapy is the usual cause.5 In the New York series,2 prior administration of antimicrobial agents reduced the incidence of positive blood cultures in patients with documented streptococcal endocarditis from 97 percent to 91 percent (P<0.02).
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- Title
- Endocarditis with Negative Blood Cultures
- Creators
- Allan R TunkelDonald Kaye
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, v 326(18), pp 1215-1217
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Medicine (Graduate); Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University (1993-1996, 1998-2002)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1992HR00800009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0026533310
- Other Identifier
- 991019183945004721
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