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Treatment Strategies and Risk of Recurrence in Patients with Heart Valve Prosthesis, Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, and Possible Endocarditis - A Retrospective Cohort Study

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2022) 9(7)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac207
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Patients with heart valve prosthesis (HVP) and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) are at risk for endocarditis. In this retrospective, population-based cohort study of 134 patients with SAB and HVP, 97 patients (72%) were diagnosed with possible endocarditis. Despite that most patients with possible endocarditis received short antibiotic treatment, only 3 patients suffered recurrent SAB.

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Toth, N., Nilson, B., Berge, A., & Rasmussen, M. (2022). Treatment Strategies and Risk of Recurrence in Patients with Heart Valve Prosthesis, Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, and Possible Endocarditis - A Retrospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac207

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