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Confirmed aortic vegetation and encardolitis with a tee....why all my cultures come back neg? doc don't know what to treat me with?

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Dr. Mathew Chengot answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Might be partialy Rx: You might have had partial treatment with antibiotics or culture negative endocarditis have repeate the blood culture if feverspikes get cultures again .Have a tee repeated and get a sec. Openion for the same.

Dr Friedlander and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/18/2014

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