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GUIDELINES> Bacteremia and Endocarditis

  • Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and infective endocarditis
  • Suspected or proven gram-negative bacteremia
  • Modified Duke’s criteria for the diagnosis of endocarditis

Related Consensus Guidelines
  • Treatment and management of endocarditis (2005)
  • Management of intravascular catheter-related infections (2009)
  • Nonvalvular cardiovascular device infections (2003)
  • Prevention of endocarditis (2007)
  • Prevention of intravenous catheter infections (2002)



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