TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Endocarditis and Other Intravascular Infections A1 - Carr, Mark B. A1 - Verma, Kanistha A2 - Hall, Jesse B. A2 - Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 - Kress, John P. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Principles of Critical Care, 4e AB - Intravascular infection should be considered in any critically ill patient who has an indwelling intravascular device.Positive blood cultures should always raise the specter of intravascular infection.Intravascular infection should be considered even in a patient with negative blood cultures where there is an unexplained febrile or septic illness.Intravascular infection should especially be considered when there is S aureus bacteremia. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107720300 ER -