Infective Endocarditis and Antimicrobial Timing: A Case for Delay?
In clinically stable patients with suspected IE, deferring antimicrobial treatment until available blood culture results was not associated with worse clinical outcomes.
Authors
- Laurence Senn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7198-1625)
- Jana Epprecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3277-7044)
- Omer Dzemali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7910-5152)
- Benoît Guéry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-0714)
- Mathias Van Hemelrijck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0191-757X)
- Γεώργιος Τζίμας (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2810-8887)
- Barbara Hasse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-3734)
- Matthaios Papadimitriou‐Olivgeris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-5105)
- Elisavet Stavropoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8299-9035)
- Pierre Monney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3083-7333)
- Nicoleta Ianculescu
- Matthias Kirsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9213-7578)
- Nicolas Fourré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1660-9365)
- Lars Niclauss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4453-5202)
- Virgile Zimmermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1812-0216)
- Bruno Ledergerber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-4401)
- Michelle Frank (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9459-6022)
Institutions
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Triemli Hospital (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Hôpital du Valais (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf628
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Schweizerische Herzstiftung