Endocarditis

Important take away points made by Marcus Blackburn, who presented on February 17, were:

1. Blood cultures should be obtained prior to antibiotic therapy if possible. Blood culture-negative endocarditis in a reference center: etiologic diagnosis of 348 cases.
2. Multiple blood cultures should be performed over time. New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findings. Duke Endocarditis Service.

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Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.