Comparison of the 2023 ISCVID and ESC Duke clinical criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis among patients with positive blood cultures for new typical microorganisms.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the performance of the Duke clinical criteria of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC; 2015 and 2023 versions) and the 2023 International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) in diagnosing infective endocarditis (IE) among patients with bacteraemia/candidaemia by pathogens introduced for the first time as typical microorganisms by ISCVID.

Methods

Retrospective study.

Setting

This study included adult patients with bacteraemia/candidaemia by such pathogens (coagulase negative staphylococci, Abiotrophia spp., Gemella spp., and Granulicatella spp., Cutibacterium. acnes, Corynebacterium striatum, C. jeikeium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, non-tuberculous mycobacteria, and Candida spp.) hospitalized at Lausanne Unive

SUBMITTER: Fourre N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12316761 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature