TY - JOUR T1 - <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> bacteremia: Using echocardiography to guide length of therapy JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 517 LP - 533 VL - 70 IS - 6 AU - Alice I. Kim AU - Karim A. Adal AU - Steven K. Schmitt Y1 - 2003/06/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/6/517.abstract N2 - 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. ER -