Question

A client is admitted to the intensive care unit suspected of having infective endocarditis. Which test is the most definitive diagnostic procedure that is done and used to guide treatment for this type of client?

Answer 1

The answer is blood culture

Step-by-step explanation:

A patient who is suspected of infectious endocarditis. The most definitive diagnostic procedure and which in turn will serve as a guide for the treatment is the performance of a blood culture. The blood culture will identify the germ that causes the infection and that antibiotic is sensitive.