PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kim, Alice I.
AU  - Adal, Karim A.
AU  - Schmitt, Steven K.
TI  - <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> bacteremia: Using echocardiography to guide length of therapy
DP  - 2003 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 517--533
VI  - 70
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/6/517.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/6/517.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Jun 01; 70
AB  - Echocardiography can help distinguish simple and uncomplicated bacteremias from true cases of infective endocarditis and guide the type and duration of antibiotic therapy in a more precise and cost-effective manner. Empiric long-term antibiotic therapy is no longer uniformly recommended for all cases of S aureus bacteremia, although experts disagree about the optimal length of therapy.