Modified Duke/European Society of Cardiology 2015 clinical criteria for infective endocarditis: time for an update?
Open Heart
MAY 9, 2022
Background The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) is based on the modified Duke/European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2015 clinical criteria. The elevation of Bartonella serology to a major microbiological criterion of the modified Duke/ESC 2015 clinical criteria would increase the sensitivity (57.8% vs 77.8%; p=0.07).
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