Lower specificity of the ESC2023 diagnostic criteria for infective endocarditis when spondylodiscitis is regarded as a vascular phenomenon

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

The ESC diagnostic criteria for infective endocarditis (IE) added spondylodiscitis as minor diagnostic criterion. Of patients with Staphylococcus aureus, streptococcal or Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia, 11 of 1807 episodes were reclassified to definite IE of which nine were not treated as IE. Spondylodiscitis as a minor criterion decreases specificity of the criteria.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - (2024) vom: 24. Apr.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sunnerhagen, Torgny [VerfasserIn]
Rasmussen, Magnus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacteremia
Infective endocarditis
Journal Article
Spondylodiscitis
Staphylococcus aureus

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Date Revised 24.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1093/cid/ciae223

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NLM371446546