Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Infective endocarditis

Prevalence
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis

Investigations

Save blood for serological investigation of 'culture negative' endocarditis ^c

Why?

Brucella, Bartonella and Chlamydia spp can be identified this way ^c

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors	CM Ball , C Hennigan , S Dhingra
Reviewer	E Abrutyn
CAT Writers	CM Ball , C Hennigan , S Dhingra