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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2026

Rethinking the Routine: Are Repeat Blood Cultures Necessary After Completion of Infective Endocarditis Treatment?

Jean Regina, Nicoleta Ianculescu, George Tzimas, Pierre Monney, Lars Niclauss, Matthias Kirsch, Benoit Guery, Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris

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Article in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jean ReginaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2219-9834
Nicoleta IanculescuDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
George TzimasDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Pierre MonneyDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3083-7333
Lars NiclaussDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4453-5202
Matthias KirschDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9213-7578
Benoit GueryInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Matthaios Papadimitriou-OlivgerisInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0565-5105

Funding

Swiss Heart Foundation #FF24013Swiss National Science Foundation #32003B_219351/1Vaudois Foundation for Interventional Cardiology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among 598 infective endocarditis (IE) episodes, follow-up blood cultures within 14 days of antimicrobial treatment completion were performed in 135 (23%) cases and detected only 2 (1.5%) recurrences. This strategy failed to identify 8 (6%) additional IE recurrences diagnosed between days 15 and 120, underscoring its limited utility.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBlood CultureEndocarditisEndocarditis, BacterialAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceAnti-Bacterial Agentsbacteremiablood culturesDuke criteriainfective endocarditisrecurrence

Identifiers

PMID41219160
PMCPMC13016772

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