Antibiotics and Missed Etiological Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis: A Dangerous Duo

J Clin Med. 2022 Aug 3;11(15):4533. doi: 10.3390/jcm11154533.

Authors

Daniele Roberto Giacobbe^{1

2}, Antonio Salsano^{3

4}, Francesco Santini^{3

4}, Matteo Bassetti^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
³ Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
⁴ Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.

Abstract

The etiological diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) still remains a challenge [...].

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.