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Evaluating Blood Culture Parameters to Identify Patients at Low Risk of Infective Endocarditis Among Those With Bacteremia by Gram-positive Cocci.

Nicolas Fourré, Virgile Zimmermann, Nicoleta Ianculescu, Thomas Brahier, Zélie Dennebouy, André Teixeira-Antunes, Pierre Monney, Georgios Tzimas, Laurence Senn, Lars Niclauss and 3 more

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13 authors.

Nicolas FourréInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1660-9365
Virgile ZimmermannInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1812-0216
Nicoleta IanculescuDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Thomas BrahierInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Zélie DennebouyInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
André Teixeira-AntunesInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Pierre MonneyDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3083-7333
Georgios TzimasDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2810-8887
Laurence SennInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Lars NiclaussDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4453-5202
Matthias KirschDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9213-7578
Benoit GueryInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Matthaios Papadimitriou-OlivgerisInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-5105

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Abstract

Background: Identifying patients at low risk for infective endocarditis (IE) among those with bacteremia by Gram-positive cocci is critical to optimize cardiac imaging use. The aim was to assess the diagnostic performance of blood culture parameters in identifying patients at low risk for IE. Methods: Adult patients with bacteremia due to Results: Among 2165 episodes of bacteremia, 1165 (54%) were due to Conclusions: Simple blood culture parameters may help identify patients at low risk for IE. However, the approach classifies most patients as high-risk and may have limited impact on reducing echocardiography use.

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bacteremiaEnterococcus faecalisinfective endocarditisStaphylococcus aureusstreptococci

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PMCPMC12405998

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