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Dental Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Infective Endocarditis
Rochester, MN
The purpose of this study is to determine the percentage of patients at moderate risk for infective endocarditis (IE) who are receiving antibiotic prophylaxis post-2007 in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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Echocardiographic Imaging in Management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
Rochester, MN
Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for at least 20% of the healthcare associated blood stream infections in the United States. One of the most worrisome complications of S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) is infective endocarditis (IE).Our goal from this project is to prospectively validate the Predicting Risk of Endocarditis Using a Clinical Tool (PREDICT) scoring system and to assess the potential novel risk factors to optimize the PREDICT scoring system prior to formal implementation in clinical practice.
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Molecular Analysis of Blood for the Detection of Cardiovascular Pathogens
Rochester, MN
The purpose of this study is to test whether metagenomic shotgun sequencing can identify pathogens causing cardiovascular infections such as infective endocarditis or myocarditis.