Impact of the Blood Culture Technique on the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis

Launched by CENTRAL HOSPITAL, NANCY, FRANCE · May 12, 2017

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients older than 18 years
• • Suspected endocarditis: Patients with Duke-Li-ESC 2015 classification as a major morphological criterion or at least two minor criteria, other than a microbiological criterion, will be considered suspicious of infectious endocarditis.
• • Not objecting to their inclusion in the study after delivery and explanation of the information form.
• • Absence of microbiological documentation sought or available at the time of inclusion (a patient having already had negative blood cultures or being identified during the screening can be included).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Antibiotherapy adapted to a situation of endocarditis, introduced more than 24 hours or stopped for less than 7 days in case of therapeutic window.
• • Any previous antibiotic therapy in the 7 days preceding the inclusion leading to an improvement in the clinical symptomatology.
• • State of consciousness not allowing loyal information.