Endocarditis is the infection and inflammation of an ... CT scans, chest x-rays, electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, and blood tests may be utilized in the diagnosis of endocarditis.

Endocarditis is a ... germs to enter the bloodstream. Bacterial infections like strep throat and staph infections are common ways these germs can enter your blood. However, some fungal infections ...

Cite this: Getting to the Heart of the Problem: Serological and Molecular Techniques in the Diagnosis of Infective ... negative blood culture: serological methods Serological tests for Coxiella ...

Blood cultures should be collected ... help identify true catheter-related bloodstream infection. Sepsis, tunnel or port pocket infection, endocarditis or suppurative thrombophlebitis are present ...

These findings suggest that the Karius test would be well suited to the identification of infection in patients with sterile blood cultures ... fever and neutropenia, endocarditis and other ...