Identification of the Skip Phenomenon Among Patients With Infective Endocarditis: A Retrospective Review.

Open Forum Infect Dis

Division of Public Health, Infectious Disease, and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Published: January 2025

The skip phenomenon (SP) is a pattern where blood cultures are intermittently positive before final clearance. We report that one-third of patients with infective endocarditis experienced the SP. Patients with the SP experienced both a longer duration of bacteremia and hospital stay, with a higher 1-year mortality rate.

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