Time to Staphylococcus aureus blood culture positivity is a useful marker for infective endocarditis

This retrospective cohort study of >1700 cases of SAB suggests that if TTP > 13 hrs, the patient is unlikely to have endocarditis (NPV 96%, 95%CI 95-97)

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