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Echocardiography to detect infective endocarditis is regarded as a key quality indicator in the care of patients withStaphylococcus aureusbacteremia, but its application varies markedly between reported series. Understanding the reasons for this variation in practice is important to improve the use of this investigation.

To identify expert clinicians’ preferred echocardiography strategy for a variety ofS aureusbacteremia scenarios in a hypothetical setting free from extrinsic constraints.

Anonymous web-based survey study comprising 50 text-based scenarios describing patients withS aureusbacteremia and various combinations of risk factors for endocarditis. Other variables included patient age and the presence of an extracardiac focus of infection warranting prolonged treatment. The survey was emailed to participants between September 2018 and March 2019. Each …