Patients treated for at least 2 weeks of antibiotics are more likely to be cured of
bacteremia and less likely to have recurrence of bacteremia3
Recurrence of bacteremia may be due to bone, joint, and cardiac involvement due to
inadequate initial antimicrobial course3
Patients with cardiac, bone, and joint involvement need at least 4 – 6 weeks of
antimicrobial coverage
Remove intravascular catheters if patient has Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (20
– 26% of cases are complicated by infective endocarditis or metastatic infection) 8
Patients with hematuria during Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia should have further
evaluation for infective endocarditis8
Oral linezolid can be used to complete a 2-week course in some cases12
Pearl # 2: Candida in the blood is not a contaminant, but could be in the sputum or