A 41-year-old IV heroin user has been admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of infective endocarditis and begun on IV antibiotic therapy
The patient is eager to be discharged from the hospital and has asked the nurse when he is likely to be discharged. How should the nurse reply?
A) "You'll have to talk it over with your health care provider, but it's likely that you can change to oral antibiotics in a few days."
B) "Endocarditis involves a very resilient infection, so it's common to need several weeks of IV antibiotics."
C) "You'll probably be discharged if your blood cultures are clear in 7 days."
D) "Endocarditis takes a long time to treat, but you can probably come for IV antibiotics to the ambulatory clinic once or twice a week."
B
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