Evaluating Blood Culture Parameters to Identify Patients at Low Risk of Infective Endocarditis Among Those With Bacteremia by Gram-positive Cocci
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.
Authors
- Laurence Senn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7198-1625)
- Zélie Dennebouy
- Benoît Guéry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-0714)
- Thomas Brahier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9256-641X)
- Γεώργιος Τζίμας (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2810-8887)
- Matthaios Papadimitriou‐Olivgeris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-5105)
- Pierre Monney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3083-7333)
- Nicoleta Ianculescu
- Matthias Kirsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9213-7578)
- Nicolas Fourré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1660-9365)
- Lars Niclauss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4453-5202)
- Virgile Zimmermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1812-0216)
- André Teixeira-Antunes
Institutions
- Hôpital du Valais (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf518
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Schweizerische Herzstiftung
- H2020 European Research Council