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Antibiotic Guideline for the Treatment of Endocarditis:Endocarditis It is essential to collect three sets of blood cultures, from separate sites (20ml per set) before treatment. All therapy and investigation should be discussed with Microbiology/Infectious Diseases. Therapy is determined by positive microbiology results. If the patient fulfils the Dukes criteria for diagnosis but cultures are negative therapy is directed to the likely causative organsims as directed by microbiology. Is the patient penicillin allergic?
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Caution; the antibiotic doses recommended on this website are intended for adult patients with normal renal and liver function unless otherwise stated. Dosing advice for patients with renal impairment is available here. |